Exodus 25:3

Exodus 25:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
• New International Version (NIV)These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze;
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Context of Exodus 25:3

1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering. And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper, 4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair], 5and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins; and acacia-wood;

Exodus 25:3 word by word

וְזֹאת֙ הַתְּרוּמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּקְח֖וּ מֵאִתָּ֑ם זָהָ֥ב וָכֶ֖סֶף וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear

• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• copperנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Commentaries on Exodus 25:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3This is the offering - There were three kinds of metals: 1. Gold, זהב zahab, which may properly signify wrought gold; what was bright and resplendent, as the word implies. In Job 28:15, Job 28:16, Job 28:17, Job 28:19, gold is mentioned five times, and four of the words are different in the original. סגור Segor, from סגר sagar, to shut up; gold in the mine, or shut up in its ore. כתם Kethem, from כתם catham, to sign, seal, or stamp; gold made current by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their obedience, to accept them as His own “peculiar treasure,” as “a kingdom of priests and an holy nation” Exodus 19:5-6. And now He was ready visibly to testify that He made his abode with them. He claimed to have a dwelling for Himself, which was to be in external form a tent of goats‘ hair Exodus 19:4…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9These instructions first list the materials that the Israelites could give to build the tabernacle (25:3–7). Next, the instructions describe the tabernacle from the center and move outward. They begin with the ark of the covenant (also called the ark of the Testimony, 25:10–22; 27:9–19). Two items are described later. These are the altar of incense inside the sanctuary and the bronze basin in the courtyard (30:1–10, 17–21). These items appear in the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. this is the offering which ye shall take of them--the articles of which the offerings should consist. brass--rather copper, brass being a composite metal.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 25:3

• Colors
• Gold
• Liberality
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Commune
• Handbreadth
• Ring
• Testimony
• Badger
• Beauty
• Color; Colors
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• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Exodus 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings