5And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
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And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. …
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. …
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. …
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)I. The workmen set in without delay. Then they wrought, Exod. 36:1. When God had qualified them for the work, then they applied themselves to it. Note, The talents we are entrusted with must not be laid up, but laid out; not hid in a napkin, but traded with. What have we all our gifts for, but to do good with them? They began when Moses called them, Exod. 36:2. Even those whom God has qualified fo…
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