Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
Parallel translations
- WEB let the priests take it to them, each man from his donor; and they shall repair the damage to the house, wherever any damage is found.”
- BSB Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
- NKJV let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.”
- NASB the priests are to take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair damage to the house wherever any damage is found.”
- NLT Let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever repairs are needed at the Temple.”
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Quick answer
He orders the priests to collect the funds and use them to repair whatever damage is found. The priests are entrusted with the restoration.
Overview
Joash assigns the priests to receive contributions from donors and fund the temple repairs. The plan relies on their faithfulness to carry out the work. As the narrative unfolds, this arrangement proves ineffective, revealing that good intentions need accountable execution to bear fruit.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- 2 Chr 24:5And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
- 2 Kgs 22:5–6And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
- 1 Kgs 11:27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
- 2 Kgs 12:12And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
- 2 Chr 24:7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
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