“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.
Deuteronomy 16:17 - Tree of Life Version the gift of each man’s hand according to the blessing Adonai 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 offer so willingly as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.
As a result, the governor said to them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a kohen was ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
He will prepare a grain offering, an ephah for the bull and an ephah for the ram, for the lambs whatever his hand may reach and a hin of oil for an ephah.
But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he is to be set before the kohen and the kohen will set a value for him, in keeping with what the one who made the vow can afford.
For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.
Then you will keep the Feast of Shavuot to Adonai your God with a measure of a freewill offering from your hand, which you are to give according to how Adonai your God blesses you.
Three times a year all your males are to appear before Adonai your God in the place He chooses—at the Feast of Matzot, the Feast of Shavuot, and the Feast of Sukkot. No one should appear before Adonai empty-handed—
“Judges and officers you are to appoint within all your gates that Adonai your God is giving you, according to your tribes; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment.