8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
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At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD.
9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
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A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness.