But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.
Deuteronomy 16:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. American Standard Version (1901) every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee. Common English Bible Each one should have his gift in hand, in precise measure with the blessing the LORD your God gives you. Catholic Public Domain Version But each one shall offer according to what he will have, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he will give to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But every one shall offer according to what he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he shall give him. |
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
He will provide a grain offering of twenty-two litres with the bull, twenty-two litres with the ram, and whatever he can afford with the lambs, together with four litres of oil for every twenty-two litres of grain.
But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he is to present the person before the priest and the priest will set a value for him. The priest will set a value for him according to what the one making the vow can afford.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you.
‘All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place he chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
‘Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgement.