The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
Parallel translations
- WEB The money for the trespass offerings, and the money for the sin offerings was not brought into Yahweh’s house. It was the priests’.
- KJV The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests’.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the Lord’s Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use.
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Quick answer
Money from guilt and sin offerings was not used for repairs but belonged to the priests. The priests' lawful portion is preserved.
Overview
Certain offerings were designated by the law for the priests' support and so were kept separate from the repair fund. The distinction honors the Mosaic provisions for those who served at the altar. Respecting these boundaries shows fidelity to God's instructions even amid a major building project.
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Cross-references · 8
- Lev 7:7The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
- Lev 5:15–18“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- Lev 4:29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
- Lev 4:24He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Num 5:8–10But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
- Num 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
- Num 18:8–9Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
- Hos 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
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