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"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.
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Giving from a Willing Heart
All commentators unanimously highlight that God did not command a tax, but a freewill offering. The original Hebrew describes a person 'whose heart impels him.' This establishes a foundational principle of worship, later echoed in the New Testament: God desires and loves a 'cheerful giver,' whose contributions flow from a willing and uncompelled heart.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their o…
19th Century
Anglican
Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring me an offering.— God, being about to command the const…
16th Century
Protestant
Speak unto the children of Israel. If any objector should raise a question about the time in which I have thought fit to introduce this hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Speak unto the children of Israel That is, when he should go down from the mountain to the camp:
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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 …
