But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord. ] They took care that the workmen should first be paid for the repairs of the temple.
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And to the wall-builders and the stone-cutters, and to get wood and cut stone for building up the broken parts of the house of the Lord, and for everything needed to put the house in good order.
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But the money was not used for making silver cups or scissors or basins or wind-instruments or any vessels of gold or silver for the house of the Lord;
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But it was all given to the workmen who were building up the house.
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And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.
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The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.
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