“Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,”
From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze. The freewill nature of the offering — everyone who is willing — is the foundational principle of the tabernacle's funding. No compulsion, no quota, no civic obligation. 2 Corinthians 9:7 says God loves a cheerful giver — the cheerful giver Paul describes is the heir of the willing offerer Moses commissions here. The gold, silver, and bronze brought voluntarily by a community whose willingness is itself evidence of restored covenant relationship after the golden calf.
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