kSee ch. 5:17-25
Exodus 35:5
5 aTake from among you a contribution to the Lord. bWhoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;Exodus 35:21-24
21And they came, ceveryone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, dand brought the Lord’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord. 23And eevery one who possessed fblue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them. 24 gEveryone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.Joshua 6:19
19But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.”2 Samuel 8:11-12
11 hThese also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued, 12from Edom, iMoab, jthe Ammonites, kthe Philistines, lAmalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of mZobah.1 Chronicles 22:14
14With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord n100,000 talents ▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of gold, a million talents of silver, and pbronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add. 1 Chronicles 26:20
Treasurers and Other Officials
20And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of qthe treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.1 Chronicles 26:26-27
26This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that David the king and the heads of the fathers’ houses and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the commanders of the army rhad dedicated. 27From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the house of the Lord.1 Chronicles 29:14
14“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
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