¹³ This is what everyone who ^[a]is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (^(A)the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a ^[b]contribution to the Lord. ¹⁴ Everyone who ^[c]is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the ^[d]contribution to the Lord. ¹⁵ The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the ^[e]contribution to the Lord to make atonement for ^[f]yourselves. ¹⁶ You shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for ^[g]yourselves.”

⁵ ‘^(A)Take from among you a ^[a]contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the Lord’s ^[b]contribution: gold, silver, and ^[c]bronze,

²² Then all ^[a]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ^[b]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who ^[c]presented an offering of gold to the Lord.

²⁹ The ^[a]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart ^[b]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a ^(A)freewill offering to the Lord.

³ Moreover, in my delight in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already provided for the holy ^[a]temple, ⁴ namely, ^(A)3,000 talents of gold, of ^(B)the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the ^[b]buildings; ⁵ of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work ^[c]done by the craftsmen. Who then is willing ^[d]to consecrate himself this day to the Lord?”

⁶ Then ^(C)the rulers of the fathers’ households, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with ^(D)the overseers over the king’s work, offered willingly; ⁷ and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 ^(E)darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron. ^8 [e]Whoever possessed precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, ^[f]in care of ^(F)Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord ^(G)with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.