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 masons and the stonecutters , and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD , and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
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But there were not made for the house of the LORD silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the LORD ;
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for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD .
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Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.
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The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD ; it was for the priests.