What Does 2 Chronicles 31:14 Mean?
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper toward the sunrise, was over the willing offerings of God, to divide out the lifted gifts of the LORD, and the most set-apart things.
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King James Version
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.THE KEY
The sacred gift is still moving: what the heart gives freely is held so it can be given onward.
THE MEANING
A freely offered gift remains alive in its onward giving: it is guarded and then placed into use. The giver and the steward belong to one current of generosity, with even the most sacred things moving toward those entrusted to receive them.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that a gift’s sacred part is over once it is offered: its careful keeping and giving onward belong to the same movement.
THE ROOT
נִדְבוֹת
nedavot
GROWS FROM
נדב
nadav
to volunteer, offer willingly, or give freely
“willing offerings” in this verse is nedavot. The word for these offerings grows from the same root as willing generosity. English can make the offering sound like a thing; the root keeps the giver’s willingness inside it.
ALSO GROWS
nedavah: a freewill offering
נְדָבָה
This is the offering itself, carrying the root’s sense of willing giving.
nadiv: willing, generous; noble
נָדִיב
The same root describes the willing character behind the gift, linking the offering to the person who gives it.
לָתֵת
latet
GROWS FROM
נתן
natan
to give, set, or place
“to distribute” in this verse is latet. Where English says “distribute,” the Hebrew infinitive is “to give.” The verse presents stewardship as placing what has been entrusted into others’ hands.
ALSO GROWS
natan: to give, set, or place
נָתַן
This is the root action underneath the verse’s giving onward.
mattanah: a gift
מַתָּנָה
The noun shows the same root moving from the act of giving to what is given.
תְּרוּמַת
terumat
GROWS FROM
רום
rum
to rise or lift
“lifted gifts” in this verse is terumat. The word rendered “oblations” is terumah, a lifted contribution. Alongside the freely offered gift, it shows what is given being raised into sacred keeping and then given onward.
ALSO GROWS
herim: to lift or raise
הֵרִים
This verb shares the root and makes the lifting within terumah visible.
marom: height or high place
מָרוֹם
This related word carries the root’s sense of elevation, echoing the lifted quality of the contribution.
THE PATTERN
What is freely given becomes provision as it passes through willing hearts and responsible hands.
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman whose heart made them free-hearted to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.and set them down at the feet of the sent ones, and it was given out to each as anyone had need.Each one, as his heart has taken hold, so let him give, not from grief or from pressure, for God loves a glad giver.THE THREAD
Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me a lifted offering. From every man whose heart stirs him to give, you take my lifted offering.“Willingly” comes from the same נדב (nadav) root as the “freewill offerings” here, so willingness is carried inside the offering’s name. Exodus pairs that willing heart with a lifted contribution, showing the movement from inward willingness to what is placed into shared sacred use.
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