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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the masons, and the stonecutters-and [would use it] to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the damage to the Lord's temple and for all spending for temple repairs.
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However, no silver bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver were made for the Lord's temple from the money brought into the temple.
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Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the Lord's temple with it.
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No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity.
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The money from the restitution offering and the sin offering was not brought to the Lord's temple since it belonged to the priests.