OLD TESTAMENT

1 Chronicles 29:14

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But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

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Verse 14. Promise. Hebrew “to offer so willingly in this manner?” Bible.—He is astonished at the rich display of gifts: but acknowledged that all was originally sent by God. In the same sentiments, we say in the mass, “We offer unto thee of thy own presents and gifts;” or, as the Greek expresses it, τα σα απο των σων. Calmet.

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