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 masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to repair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple.
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However there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord.
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But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the Lord with it.
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Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.
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The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. It belonged to the priests.