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Atomic Bible
Exodus 35:5
Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD:
from Offerings for the Tabernacle, Exodus 35:4-9
What it says

Those whose hearts are willing are to bring an offering to the LORD.

What it is doing

It frames the contribution as voluntary and inwardly moved.

In context

4Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: 5Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: 6blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; 7ram skins dyed red and fine leather; 8olive oil for the light; 9and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.