EXODUS 35:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.”
All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord. Men and women alike — the generosity is not gendered. The same earrings given for the golden calf (Exodus 32:2–3) are now given for the tabernacle. The gold that was corrupted by idolatry is redeemed by consecration. The wave offering of the gold — presenting it before the Lord before giving it — makes the giving itself an act of worship. What Egypt provided through four centuries of forced labor is now given voluntarily for God's dwelling.
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