Ezra 7:16

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Summary

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

All the silver

Ezra 8:25

Offering

Bible References

All the silver

and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

Offering

Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.'"

Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.