Exodus 25 · Verse 2

Exodus 25:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Exodus 25:2, King James Version

Exodus 25:2 in other translations

BSB“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
WEB“Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.
ASVSpeak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.
YLT‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.
DARBYSpeak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.
BBESay to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.
WebsterSpeak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

What does Exodus 25:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. bring me an offering of every man that giveth it willingly, &c.--Having declared allegiance to God as their sovereign, they were expected to contribute to His state, as other subjects to their kings; and the "offering" required of them was not to be imposed as a tax, but to come from their own loyal and liberal feelings.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 That they bring me an offering - The offering here mentioned is the תרומה terumah, a kind of free-will offering, consisting of any thing that was necessary for the occasion. It signifies properly any thing that was lifted up, the heave-offering, because in presenting it to God it was lifted up to be laid on his altar; but see Clarke on Exo 29:27 (note). God requires that they should build him a tent, suited in some sort to his dignity and eminence, because he was to act as their king, and to dwell among them; and they were to consider themselves as his subjects, and in this character to bring him presents, which was considered to be the duty of every subject appearing before his prince. See Exo 23:15.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 25:1-9

God chose the people of Israel to be a peculiar people to himself, above all people, and he himself would be their King. He ordered a royal palace to be set up among them for himself, called a sanctuary, or holy place, or habitation. There he showed his presence among them. And because in the wilderness they dwelt in tents, this royal palace was ordered to be a tabernacle, that it might move with them. The people…

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Exodus 25:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דַּבֵּר֙da.BerspeakH1696
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְיִקְחוּ\־ve.yik.chu-so they may takeH3947
לִ֖יlifor <the> me
תְּרוּמָ֑הte.ru.Maha contributionH8641
מֵאֵ֤תme.'Etfrom withH854
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
אִישׁ֙'ishpersonH376
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhomH834
יִדְּבֶ֣נּוּyi.de.Ve.nuit will impel himH5068
לִבּ֔וֹli.Boheart hisH3820
תִּקְח֖וּtik.Chuyou will takeH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תְּרוּמָתִֽי\׃te.ru.ma.Ticontribution myH8641

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 25:2

  • 2 Corinthians 9:7

    Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

  • Nehemiah 11:2

    And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 2:68

    And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

  • Ezra 7:16

    And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

  • Ezra 1:6

    And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

  • Ezra 3:5

    And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.

  • Psalms 110:3

    Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:1-30

    Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: …

  • Judges 5:9

    My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

  • Numbers 18:24

    But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

  • Deuteronomy 16:16-17

    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

  • Numbers 7:3-88

    And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they.
35:5-29; Nu 7:3-88; De 16:16,17; 1Ch 29:1-30
bring me. Heb. take for me. offering. or, heave offering
Nu 18:24
willingly.
35:5,21; Jud 5:9; 1Ch 29:3,5,9,14,17; Ezr 1:6; 2:68; 3:5; 7:16
Ne 11:2; Ps 110:3; 2Co 8:12; 9:7

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Context

  • Exodus 25:1

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exodus 25:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

  • Exodus 25:3

    And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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Exodus 25:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Di á los hijos de Israel que tomen para mí ofrenda: de todo varón que la diere de su voluntad, de corazón, tomaréis mi ofrenda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Parle aux fils d’Israël, et qu’ils prennent pour moi une offrande élevée. Vous prendrez mon offrande élevée de tout homme qui aura un esprit libéral.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Rede zu den Kindern Israel, daß sie mir ein Hebopfer bringen; von einem jeden, der willigen Herzens ist, sollt ihr mein Hebopfer nehmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Loquere filiis Israël, ut tollant mihi primitias: ab omni homine qui offeret ultroneus, accipietis eas.