All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord free will offerings.

Exodus chapter 35, verse 29

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

Lives Offered to God was written by Karen Pimpo and read by Tony Collier.

Exodus chapter 35, verses 20 through 29.

Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses' presence, and everyone who was willing, and whose heart moved them them came and brought an offering to the Lord

for the work on the tent of meeting for all its service and for the sacred garments all who were

willing men and women alike came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds brooches earrings

rings and ornaments they all presented their gold as a

wave offering to the Lord everyone who had blue purple or scarlet yarn or fine

linen or goat hair ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought

them those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an

offering to the Lord and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought

it every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun blue

purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen and all the women who were willing and had

the skill spun the goat hair. The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted

on the ephod and breastpiece. They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the

anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. All the Israelite men and women who were

willing brought to the Lord free will offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded

them to do. Lives offered to God, written by Karen Pimpo. I am thankful to God for his goodness, reads the plaque, in permitting me to have a part in building

this broad thoroughfare as a frame to the beautiful picture which he created.

This inscription is attributed to highway engineer Samuel Christopher Lancaster in 1915.

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