Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. ] How they came to be so large, or why they let them lie where they did.
7
In the chodesh hashelishi they began to lay foundations for the heaps, and completed them in the chodesh hashevi’i.
8
And when Chizkiyahu and the sarim came and saw the heaps, they blessed Hashem, and His Am Yisroel.
9
Then Chizkiyahu questioned the Kohanim and the Levi’im concerning the heaps.
10
And Azaryahu HaKohen HaRosh of the Bais Tzadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the terumah into the Beis Hashem, we have had enough to eat, and have plenty to spare, for Hashem hath blessed His people; and that which is notar (left over) is this great amount.
11
Then Chizkiyahu commanded to prepare leshakhot (storerooms) in the Beis Hashem; and they prepared them,
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