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 the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the LORD, and for any outlay upon the repairs of the house.
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But there were not made for the house of the LORD basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the LORD,
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for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the LORD with it.
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And they did not ask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, 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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