29The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
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Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. …
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-29)Moses having made known to them the will of God, they went home and immediately put in practice what they had heard, Exod. 35:20. O that every congregation would thus depart from the hearing of the word of God, with a full resolution to be doers of the same ! Observe here, I. The offerings that were brought for the service of the tabernacle (Exod. 35:21), concerning which many things may be noted.…
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