Offering

Offering here is the act David performs with the water — pouring it out before the Lord rather than drinking it, treating something won at great personal cost as too sacred for ordinary consumption and worthy of being given to God.

Offering is referenced here as part of the established worship infrastructure — the priests Zadok and Ahimelech serve alongside the military and administrative officials, keeping sacred dedication central to David's reign.

The offering David makes at the threshing floor is the act that ends the plague — after seventy thousand deaths, it is worship freely and costly given that finally closes the gap opened by pride.

Offerings appear here in the architectural context — David specifies storage rooms for dedicated offerings as part of the Temple's design, showing that the building was structured around the act of giving to God.

Offerings here accompany the sacrifices in overwhelming abundance, with drink offerings alongside the burnt offerings — the whole nation expressing gratitude through lavish, celebratory worship.

Offering here describes Paul's deliberate choice to present the gospel free of charge — he frames his unpaid ministry as a gift, removing every possible barrier of perceived self-interest.

The offering here represents the moment Saul finishes his unauthorized sacrifice — the very act completed just as Samuel walks in, making the timing almost unbearably ironic.

The offering here is the specific object of Eli's sons' contempt — by seizing it for themselves rather than honoring its sacred purpose, they signal that they value personal gain over God's claim.

The offering concept is introduced here as the priests specify what must accompany the ark's return — five golden tumors and five golden mice as restitution to Israel's God.

Offering is used here to describe Solomon's staggering act of a thousand burnt sacrifices — an act of total devotion that publicly declares his dependence on God before his reign truly begins.

Offering describes the active worship Amaziah renders to the Edomite gods — he doesn't merely keep them as trophies but burns incense and makes sacrifices to them, a direct act of apostasy.

Offering appears here as the pivot point of the whole ceremony — the moment the burnt offering begins is the exact moment the Levitical music begins, the two acts woven together as one unified act of devotion.

Offerings are the practical expression of worship here — Josiah's thirty thousand lambs and three thousand bulls represent the scale of sacrifice required for the entire nation to participate in the Passover.

This offering is the specific relief collection Paul is organizing for suffering believers in Jerusalem — the practical occasion that gives the entire chapter its urgency.

The offering here is the Baal sacrifice Jehu pretends to initiate — used as a signal for the slaughter to begin the moment the worshipers are fully committed to the ritual and unable to flee.

Offering is used here metaphorically for the full engagement God was looking for from Joash — what God was inviting the king to offer was not a ritual gift but wholehearted intensity, and the partial offering produced a partial result.

The concept of offering is twisted here — instead of bringing gifts to God, Ahaz strips the Temple treasury to send silver and gold as tribute to a foreign king, inverting the proper direction of devotion.

Offerings made at the high places are what Josiah is putting a stop to — the unauthorized sacrifices across Judah that the priests of those shrines had been performing in place of proper Temple worship.

The offering David makes here is theologically weighted — by paying full price for the site and the animals, he ensures the burnt and peace offerings represent genuine giving rather than convenient gesture.

The repeated offerings punctuating every six steps signal that David has internalized the lesson of Uzzah — approach to God requires ongoing, deliberate acts of reverence, not just emotional enthusiasm.

The offering here is Paul's own life, compared to a drink offering — a sacrifice poured out entirely at the altar with nothing held back, illustrating total self-giving.

The offerings are the formal sacrifices that will complete the purification vows — Paul publicly announces when they will be made as part of the compromise intended to silence the rumors against him.

Offerings appear here as part of God's withering sarcasm — the people were giving generously and publicly, but their giving had become self-congratulatory theater rather than genuine devotion.

Offering is reframed here — not as a religious act that earns favor, but as an extension of the genuine seeking God demands, with the door still open though visibly closing.

Offerings are presented here by a pagan king to honor Daniel — a deeply ironic moment where Babylonian religious ritual is directed toward acknowledging the power of Israel's God.

Offering is mentioned here as something God cannot be manipulated by — religious performance and gifts won't move a God who is perfectly impartial and cannot be bought.

The offering here refers to the full range of sacred gifts — tithes, firstborn animals, vow offerings — all of which must be brought to the central sanctuary rather than consumed privately at home.

The offering here is not a flat rate but a proportional response — each person gives according to what God has given them, making gratitude the measure rather than equal contribution.

Offering here refers specifically to children burned as religious offerings to foreign gods — a practice God explicitly forbids as detestable, contextualizing the gravity of what Israel is entering.

Offering is used here in the negative sense — Pharaoh attempts to give God partial obedience as a kind of bargained offering, which the text frames as no offering at all.

Offering is used here metaphorically to clarify what God is not doing — he isn't offering a blank check of divine favor but extending an invitation into relationship, where responsiveness to his voice is the form that trust takes.

The offering for the Tabernacle is explicitly voluntary — God rejects coerced giving and instead invites participation from those whose hearts are genuinely moved, setting the tone for all future offerings.

Offerings are the focal point of the gold plate's function — even Israel's best gifts carried unintentional imperfection, and the plate ensured those flaws were absorbed by the priest rather than disqualifying the worshipers.