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,

有些族长到了耶路撒冷耶和华殿的地方，便为神的殿甘心献上礼物，要重新建造。

有些族长到了耶路撒冷耶和华的殿，为上帝的殿甘心献上礼物，要在原有的根基上重新建造。

有些族长到了耶路撒冷耶和华的殿，为神的殿甘心献上礼物，要在原有的根基上重新建造。

有些族长来到耶路撒冷耶和华的殿时，甘愿为上帝的殿献上礼物，用来在旧址上重新建殿。

当一些族长到达耶路撒冷耶和华殿的原址的时候，就为神的殿甘心献上礼物，要把殿在原址重建起来。

有些族長到了耶路撒冷耶和華殿的地方，便為神的殿甘心獻上禮物，要重新建造。

有些族長到了耶路撒冷耶和華的殿，為上帝的殿甘心獻上禮物，要在原有的根基上重新建造。

有些族長到了耶路撒冷耶和華的殿，為神的殿甘心獻上禮物，要在原有的根基上重新建造。

有些族長來到耶路撒冷耶和華的殿時，甘願為上帝的殿獻上禮物，用來在舊址上重新建殿。

當一些族長到達耶路撒冷耶和華殿的原址的時候，就為神的殿甘心獻上禮物，要把殿在原址重建起來。

有些父系的族長到了耶路撒冷永恆主之殿的地址，便為上帝之殿自願獻禮物，要把殿在原址上重立起來。

有族長至耶路撒冷耶和華之室、為之樂輸、重建上帝室於其所、

族中最著者、至耶路撒冷、樂輸禮物、修葺耶和華上帝之殿、

有數族長、既至耶路撒冷主殿之處、為天主殿樂輸貲財、以復建之、

When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.

All the people arrived at the place in Jerusalem where the Lord’ s temple would be rebuilt. Then some of the leaders of the families brought offerings they chose to give. They would be used for rebuilding the house of God. It would stand in the same place it had been before.

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.

After they arrived at the LORD’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.

Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to erect it on its site.

Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place:

And some of the heads of fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.

And[ some] of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which[ is] at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

When they came to the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild it on its site.

Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.

Then David said,“ This will be the location for the Temple of the Lord God and the place of the altar for Israel’s burnt offerings!”

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.Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. The Lord spoke to him from there.

Some of the family leaders gave gifts for the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold coins, 50 gold basins, and 530 robes for the priests.The other leaders gave to the treasury a total of 20,000 gold coins and some 2,750 pounds of silver for the work.The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, about 2,500 pounds of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel. In October when the Israelites had settled in their towns,

Then the angel of the Lord told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box.Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins.“ I tell you the truth,” Jesus said,“ this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”

For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will.

Even though the people were afraid of the local residents, they rebuilt the altar at its old site. Then they began to sacrifice burnt offerings on the altar to the Lord each morning and evening.

Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have.

So Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.

and 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.

Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.

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.

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 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.

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.”