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The People Bring More than Enough

Exodus 36:5

In 11 translations

BSB
and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
KJV
¶ And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
WEB
They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make.”
ASV
and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.
LSV
and speak to Moses, saying, “The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which YHWH commanded [us] to do.”
YLT
and speak unto Moses, saying, 'The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.'
DBY
and spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work that Jehovah commanded to be done.
DRC
Said to Moses: The people offereth more than is necessary.
GNV
And spake to Moses, saying, The people bring too much, and more then ynough for the vse of the worke, which the Lord hath commanded to be made.
JPS
And they spoke unto Moses, saying: 'The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.'
LXXE
And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance too great in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed them to do.Another reading is εἶπαν, but there is occasionally confusion of number in LXX.; the singular being several times used for the plural.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה לֵּאמֹ֔ר מַרְבִּ֥ים הָעָ֖ם לְהָבִ֑יא מִדֵּ֤י הָֽעֲבֹדָה֙ לַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת אֹתָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ὅτι πλῆθος φέρει ὁ λαὸς κατὰ τὰ ἔργα ὅσα συνέταξε Κύριος ποιῆσαι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 8:2–3In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity. For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
  • 2 Chronicles 31:6–10And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps. In…
  • 2 Chronicles 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other…
  • Philippians 4:17–18Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account. I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an…
  • Philippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
  • Exodus 32:3Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.

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