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19 But all silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.”

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19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(A) are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

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But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”

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The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

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The Treasurers, Officers, and Judges

20 And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.(A)

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The Treasurers and Other Officials

20 Their fellow Levites(A) were[a] in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew As for the Levites, Ahijah was

The Widow’s Offering

41 He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums.(A)

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The Widow’s Offering(A)

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put(B) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.

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38 And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes, and the Levites shall bring up a tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse.(A)

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38 A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes(A) up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

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11 these also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

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11 King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom(A) and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.(B)

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Capture of Jerusalem

13 He carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord that King Solomon of Israel had made, all this as the Lord had foretold.(A)

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13 As the Lord had declared,(A) Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures(B) from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles(C) that Solomon(D) king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord.

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51 Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. Solomon brought in the things that his father David had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.(A)

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51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(A)—the silver and gold and the furnishings(B)—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

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11 these also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued,(A)

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11 King David dedicated(A) these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

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13 Arise and thresh,
    O daughter Zion,
for I will make your horn iron
    and your hoofs bronze;
you shall beat in pieces many peoples
    and shall[a] devote their gain to the Lord,
    their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.13 Gk Syr Tg: Heb and I will

13 “Rise and thresh,(A) Daughter Zion,
    for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
    and you will break to pieces many nations.”(B)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(C)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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70 Now some of the heads of ancestral houses contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priestly robes.(A) 71 And some of the heads of ancestral houses gave into the building fund twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.(B)

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70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics[a] of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. 71 Some of the heads of the families(A) gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics[b] of gold and 2,200 minas[c] of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms
  2. Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 375 pounds or about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72
  3. Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons or about 1.2 metric tons

12 Faithfully they brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with his brother Shimei as second;

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12 Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah,(A) a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.

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18 He brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts: silver, gold, and utensils.

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18 He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.(A)

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