Bible Strands
Exodus 25:3
This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to relay to the Israelites a specific list of raw materials required for the tabernacle, following the command to gather a voluntary offering from everyone whose heart compels them. This directive occurs immediately before listing the textile and hair components needed for the sanctuary's construction.
The words — The text highlights הַתְּרוּמָה (ha.te.ru.Mah), meaning the contribution, and תִּקְחוּ (tik.Chu), meaning you will take. These terms frame the materials as a designated transfer of wealth from the people to God's project rather than a mandatory levy.
The thread — The specific metals listed connect to extraction practices described in Job 28:2, where iron is dug from the earth and copper is smelted from ore. The regional availability of such resources is also noted in Deuteronomy 8:9, which describes a land whose hills yield iron and copper.
Why it lands — It requires the community to identify and surrender specific raw materials for a sacred construction project. The verse establishes that material resources must be actively gathered and transferred to fulfill divine instructions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 8:9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- Job 28:2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.