What Does Exodus 25:3 Mean in the King James?
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse names gold, silver, and brass, but its first word reveals the deeper action: a portion is lifted into a dwelling shared with God.
THE MEANING
Material wealth belongs inside sacred life: gold, silver, and brass become materials for a dwelling among you. The word for “offering” also carries the image of a raised portion, joining what is held to a shared place of nearness.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that material wealth sits outside spiritual life: here, metal itself becomes material for a dwelling shared with God.
THE ROOT
תְּרוּמָה
terumah
GROWS FROM
רוּם
rum
to rise, be high, or lift up
The same root that describes rising and height names this offering as a raised portion. English can make “offering” sound like a category of religious object; the Hebrew also preserves the movement of a portion being lifted toward a shared purpose.
ALSO GROWS
marom: height, high place
מָרוֹם
This branch shares the root’s sense of elevation and makes visible the upward image carried by the offering’s name.
yarum: he will rise, be high
יָרוּם
This verb form shows the root as movement: what is raised rises from where it was held.
THE PATTERN
Material gifts become sacred when freely lifted into a shared purpose.
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.THE THREAD
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.This verse repeats תְּרוּמָה (terumah), “raised contribution,” and shows the root in motion: silver, brass, and wood are brought into the work of the dwelling. The shared root lets “offering” carry both the gift and its direction, something lifted into a shared purpose.
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