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Ezra 2:68
When they arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God’s Temple on its original site,
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2 Corinthians 9 7
You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure.“ For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
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Ezra 1:6
And all their neighbors assisted by giving them articles of silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock. They gave them many valuable gifts in addition to all the voluntary offerings.
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Ezra 7:16
“ Furthermore, you are to take any silver and gold that you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the voluntary offerings of the people and the priests that are presented for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 11:2
And the people commended everyone who volunteered to resettle in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 3:5
They also offered the regular burnt offerings and the offerings required for the new moon celebrations and the annual festivals as prescribed by the Lord. The people also gave voluntary offerings to the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 29 1-1 Chronicles 29 30
Then King David turned to the entire assembly and said,“ My son Solomon, whom God has clearly chosen as the next king of Israel, is still young and inexperienced. The work ahead of him is enormous, for the Temple he will build is not for mere mortals— it is for the Lord God himself!Using every resource at my command, I have gathered as much as I could for building the Temple of my God. Now there is enough gold, silver, bronze, iron, and wood, as well as great quantities of onyx, other precious stones, costly jewels, and all kinds of fine stone and marble.“ And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.I am donating more than 112 tons of gold from Ophir and 262 tons of refined silver to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildingsand for the other gold and silver work to be done by the craftsmen. Now then, who will follow my example and give offerings to the Lord today?”Then the family leaders, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the generals and captains of the army, and the king’s administrative officers all gave willingly.For the construction of the Temple of God, they gave about 188 tons of gold, 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron.They also contributed numerous precious stones, which were deposited in the treasury of the house of the Lord under the care of Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon.The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord, and King David was filled with joy.Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly:“ O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever!Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.“ O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name!But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.“ O Lord our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you!I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.“ O Lord, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this Temple, for which I have made these preparations.”Then David said to the whole assembly,“ Give praise to the Lord your God!” And the entire assembly praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the Lord and the king.The next day they brought 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 male lambs as burnt offerings to the Lord. They also brought liquid offerings and many other sacrifices on behalf of all Israel.They feasted and drank in the Lord’s presence with great joy that day. And again they crowned David’s son Solomon as their new king. They anointed him before the Lord as their leader, and they anointed Zadok as priest.So Solomon took the throne of the Lord in place of his father, David, and he succeeded in everything, and all Israel obeyed him.All the officials, the warriors, and the sons of King David pledged their loyalty to King Solomon.And the Lord exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and he gave Solomon greater royal splendor than any king in Israel before him.So David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.He reigned over Israel for forty years, seven of them in Hebron and thirty three in Jerusalem.He died at a ripe old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. Then his son Solomon ruled in his place.All the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in The Record of Samuel the Seer, The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Record of Gad the Seer.These accounts include the mighty deeds of his reign and everything that happened to him and to Israel and to all the surrounding kingdoms.
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Psalms 110:3
When you go to war, your people will serve you willingly. You are arrayed in holy garments, and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.
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Numbers 7:3-88
Together they brought six large wagons and twelve oxen. There was a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each leader. They presented these to the Lord in front of the Tabernacle.Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Receive their gifts, and use these oxen and wagons for transporting the Tabernacle. Distribute them among the Levites according to the work they have to do.”So Moses took the wagons and oxen and presented them to the Levites.He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonite division for their work,and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarite division for their work. All their work was done under the leadership of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.But he gave none of the wagons or oxen to the Kohathite division, since they were required to carry the sacred objects of the Tabernacle on their shoulders.The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar.The Lord said to Moses,“ Let one leader bring his gift each day for the dedication of the altar.”On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of the tribe of Judah, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nahshon son of Amminadab.On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of the tribe of Issachar, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nethanel son of Zuar.On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the tribe of Zebulun, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliab son of Helon.On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the tribe of Reuben, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elizur son of Shedeur.On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the tribe of Simeon, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the tribe of Gad, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliasaph son of Deuel.On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elishama son of Ammihud.On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Abidan son of Gideoni.On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the tribe of Asher, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ocran.On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3 1/4 pounds and a silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering,and a male goat for a sin offering.For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one year old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahira son of Enan.So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.Each silver platter weighed 3 1/4 pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1 3/4 pounds. The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).Each of the twelve gold containers that was filled with incense weighed four ounces( as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). The total weight of the gold was three pounds.Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one year old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.Twenty four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one year old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
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Exodus 35:4-29
Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel,“ This is what the Lord has commanded:Take a sacred offering for the Lord. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze;blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.“ Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the Lord has commanded:the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;the Ark and its carrying poles; the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement; the inner curtain to shield the Ark;the table, its carrying poles, and all its utensils; the Bread of the Presence;for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;the incense altar and its carrying poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;the altar of burnt offering; the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their ropes;the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place— the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.”So the whole community of Israel left Moses and returned to their tents.All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the Lord. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle, for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments.Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the Lord their offerings of gold— brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the Lord.All those who owned the following items willingly brought them: blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; and tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather.And all who had silver and bronze objects gave them as a sacred offering to the Lord. And those who had acacia wood brought it for use in the project.All the women who were skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen cloth.All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.The leaders brought onyx stones and the special gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.They also brought spices and olive oil for the light, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense.So the people of Israel— every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the Lord had given them through Moses— brought their gifts and gave them freely to the Lord.
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Numbers 18:24
because I have given them the Israelites’ tithes, which have been presented as sacred offerings to the Lord. This will be the Levites’ share. That is why I said they would receive no allotment of land among the Israelites.”
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Judges 5:9
My heart is with the commanders of Israel, with those who volunteered for war. Praise the Lord!
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Deuteronomy 16:16-17
“ Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the Lord without a gift for him.All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the Lord your God.
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2 Corinthians 8 11-2 Corinthians 8 12
Now you should finish what you started. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving. Give in proportion to what you have.Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have.
