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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masons, and stonecutters. They also used it to buy wood and cut stones to make repairs on the LORD's temple and to buy anything else that they needed for the temple repairs.
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But no silver bowls, snuffers, dishes, trumpets, or any other gold and silver utensils were made for the LORD's temple with the money that was brought.
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Instead, the money was given to the workmen, and they used it to repair the temple.
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They didn't require the men who were entrusted with the money for the workers to give an account, because they were honest people.
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The money from the guilt offerings and the offerings for sin was not brought into the LORD's temple. It belonged to the priests.