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Ezra 7:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and all the silver and gold you receive throughout the province of Babylon, together with the freewill offerings given by the people and the priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.

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Then the leaders of the households, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds,  and the officials in charge of the king’s work  gave willingly.


All their neighbours supported them  , with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.


Let every survivor,  wherever he resides, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’


Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders’ willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord wholeheartedly.  King David also rejoiced greatly.


Each person should do as he has decided in his heart #– #not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves  a cheerful giver.


For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.


I know, my God, that you test the heart  and that you are pleased with what is right.  I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present  here giving joyfully and  willingly to you.


but I have built an exalted temple for you, a place for your dwelling for ever.


‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that my name would be there, and I have not chosen a man to be ruler over my people Israel.


But I have chosen Jerusalem so that my name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’


Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God to distribute the contribution to the Lord and the consecrated things.





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