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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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BrLXXἝκαστος κατὰ δύναμιν τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν, κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἣν ἔδωκέ σοι. (Hekastos kata dunamin tōn ⱪeirōn humōn, kata taʸn eulogian Kuriou tou Theou sou haʸn edōke soi. )
BrTrEach one according to [fn]his ability, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he has given thee.
RVevery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
WbstrEvery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
KJB-1769Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.[fn] (Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy/your God which he hath/has given thee/you. )
KJB-1611[fn]Euery man shall giue as hee is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God, which he hath giuen thee. (Every man shall giue as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy/your God, which he hath/has given thee/you.)
BshpsEuery man shall geue accordyng to the gift of his hande, & accordyng to the blessyng of the Lorde thy God which he hath geuen thee. (Every man shall give accordyng to the gift of his hand, and accordyng to the blessing of the Lord thy/your God which he hath/has given thee/you.)
GnvaEuery man shall giue according to the gift of his hand, and according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee. (Every man shall give according to the gift of his hand, and according to the blessing of the Lord thy/your God, which he hath/has given thee/you. )
Cvdlbut euery one after the gifte of his hande, acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. (but every one after the gift of his hand, according to the blessinge that the LORD thy/your God hath/has given them.)
Wyclbut ech man schal offre vpe this that he hath, bi the blessyng of his Lord God, which he yaf to `that man. (but each man shall offre upe this that he hath, by the blessing of his Lord God, which he gave to `that man.)
Luthein jeglicher nach der Gabe seiner Hand, nach dem Segen, den dir der HErr, dein GOtt, gegeben hat. (ein jeglicher after the/of_the Gabe his Hand, after to_him blessing, the you/to_you the/of_the LORD, your God, given has.)
ClVgsed offeret unusquisque secundum quod habuerit juxta benedictionem Domini Dei sui, quam dederit ei. (sed offeret unusquisque after/second that habuerit next_to benedictionem Master of_God sui, how dederit to_him. )
16:13-17 The Festival of Shelters is called this because the people of Israel were instructed to camp out for a week in crude huts made of tree limbs as a memorial to their years of wilderness wandering (Lev 23:33-43). It was also a celebration of the fall harvests.
The word man represents all adult Israelite men in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “each man”
Moses is using hand to represent the whole person in the act of giving an offering. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “according to what he himself gives”
The implication is that Yahweh blesses the Israelites by causing their crops and flocks to be healthy and produce. Thus, the Israelites must offer a portion of their produce that reflects how much Yahweh blessed them with. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “according to the amount of produce that Yahweh your God blessed you with by causing it to grow”
The expression the blessing of Yahweh your God that he has given to you contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the expression. Alternate translation: “according to the blessing that Yahweh your God has given you”
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
