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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to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, as well as for any outlay for repairs of the house.
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But for the house of the Lord no basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, were made from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord,
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for that was given to the workers who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.
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They did not ask an accounting from those into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workers, for they dealt honestly.
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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 belonged to the priests.
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