Everysurvivor,at whateverplacehe may live,let the menof that placesupporthim with silverand gold,with goodsand cattle,togetherwith a freewillofferingfor the houseof Godwhichis in Jerusalem.'"
"Since I know,O my God,that You trythe heartand delightin uprightness,I, in the integrityof my heart,have willinglyofferedallthese[things]; so nowwith joyI have seenYour people,who are presenthere,make[their] offeringswillinglyto You.
"Moreover,in my delightin the houseof my God,the treasureI haveof goldand silver,I giveto the houseof my God,overand aboveallthat I have already providedfor the holytemple,
Then the peoplerejoicedbecausethey had offeredso willingly,for they madetheir offeringto the LORDwith a wholeheart,and KingDavidalsorejoicedgreatly.
Korethe sonof Imnahthe Levite,the keeperof the eastern[gate, was] overthe freewillofferingsof God,to apportionthe contributionsfor the LORDand the mostholythings.
Whoeverthere is among you of allHis people,may his Godbe with him! Let him goup to Jerusalemwhichis in Judahand rebuildthe houseof the LORD,the Godof Israel;He is the Godwhois in Jerusalem.
Then the headsof fathers'[households] of Judahand Benjaminand the priestsand the Levitesarose,even everyonewhose spiritGodhad stirredto goup and rebuildthe houseof the LORDwhichis in Jerusalem.
"O LORDGodof Israel,You are righteous,for we have been leftan escapedremnant,as [it is] thisday;behold,we are beforeYou in our guilt,for noonecan standbeforeYou becauseof this."
The Israelites,allthe menand women,whoseheartmovedthem to bring[material] for allthe work,whichthe LORDhad commandedthroughMosesto be done,broughta freewillofferingto the LORD.
A remnantwill return,the remnantof Jacob,to the mightyGod.
"NowafterseveralyearsI cameto bringalmsto my nationand to presentofferings;
Bearone another'sburdens,and therebyfulfillthe lawof Christ.
