Exodus 25:2

offering better, contribution. The Heb. tărûmâh(from hçrîm, to liftor take off) denotes properly what is -taken off" from a larger mass, and so separated from it for sacred purposes (LXX. often ἀφαίρεμα, -something taken off"; Targ. אפרשותא, -something separated"). RVm. heave-offering(also sometimes in the text, as Numbers 18:8; Numbers 18:11) is due to the mistaken idea that the term implies a rite of elevation: see against this, Oehler, Theol. of OT. § 133, or Di. on Leviticus 7:32. Těrûmâhis used in particular (1) of gifts taken from the produce of the soil (as tithe, firstfruits, and firstlings), Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:17; Numbers 15:19-21; Numbers 18:11 (see vv.12, 13), Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 10:39; (2) of contributions of money, spoil, &c., offered for sacred purposes, as here, v.3, Exodus 30:13-15; Exodus 35:5; Exodus 35:21; Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:3; Exodus 36:6; Numbers 31:29; Ezra 8:25; and in Ezek. of the land reserved for the priests and Levites (Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 45:6-7, &c. here rendered -oblation"); (3) in connexion with sacrifices, only of portions -taken off" the rest, and forming the priest's due, especially of the so-called -heave-" thigh (comp. on Exodus 29:27). See more fully the writer's note on Deuteronomy 12:6, or DB.Offer, Offering, 5. The term is a distinctive one, and differs entirely in both meaning and application from minḥâhand ḳorbân, both of which are also in RV. often rendered -offering," -oblation": see DB.l.c.The reader who wishes to distinguish accurately the uses of these three terms is advised to ascertain, with the help of the Englishman's Heb. Concordance to the OT., their occurrences, and to place a mark against each on the margin ת׳ (t.), מ׳ (m.), or ק׳ (ḳ.), as the case may be.

whose heart maketh him willing or liberal, ready: cf. Exodus 35:5; Exodus 21:22; Exodus 21:29; also the cognate verb, in the reflexive conj., Judges 5:2; Judges 5:9 (of volunteeringin a campaign), and 16 times in Chr., Ezr., Neh., esp. in the chronicler's representations of the offerings made willingly for both the first and the second Temples (1 Chronicles 29:5-6; 1Ch 29:9; 1 Chronicles 29:14; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 1:6; Ezra 2:68; Ezra 3:5).