An Offering of Consecration
“Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?” “Then the princes of the fathers' houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly; and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents [about ten million dollars], and ten thousand darics [about fifty thousand dollars], and of silver ten thousand talents [about ten million dollars], and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah.” There is the same necessity for willing offerings unto the Lord now as in the time of David.