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- Money given to the temple treasury also defrayed the cost of all necessary services for the sanctuary. All building repairs and maintenance, and the salaries of a large staff of regular officials (such as those who prepared the shewbread and the incense) were paid from this fund.
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The inner area of the Temple contained three courts. The easternmost court was the Court of the Women, and it contained the Temple treasury where people donated their money (Mk 12:41-44). Three gates led into this court, one on the north, one on the south, and a third on the east.
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Tribute money, collected not only from Israelite males, but also from proselytes and slaves, was by far the largest source of revenue for Jerusalem's temple. Other sources of support, however, also contributed vast sums to the treasury. Besides votive offerings, and the sale of surplus incense, flour, and so on, the people were wont on the Sabbaths...
The Temple revenues were in the first place devoted to the purchase of all public sacrifices, that is, those offered in the name of the whole congregation of Israel, such as the morning and evening sacrifices, the festive sacrifices, and so on. Money given to the temple treasury also defrayed the cost of all necessary services for the sanctuary. Al...
Peter, while visiting Capernaum in late 29 A.D., is approached by those who collect the annual temple (tribute) money. After affirming his Master does pay the tax he tells Jesus what happened. The Lord then offers a unique solution to this taxing problem! The money that miraculously appeared in the fish's mouth was a silver Greek stater coin. The c...
May 15, 2015 · Ater Judas had betrayed Jesus, knowing that he had condemned himself, he cast the thirty pieces of silver “in the Temple” (Mathhew 27.3-5). Again, that would not have happened in the Sanctuary itself, but in this court where the thirteen money boxes were located.
Jesus sat over against the treasury — “Jesus was now in the treasury, or that part of the women’s court where the chests were placed for receiving the offerings of those who came to worship. These chests, being thirteen in number, had each of them an inscription, signifying for what use the offerings put into them were destined; and were ...
Dec 5, 2018 · Nowhere does Jesus explicitly condemn the rich people for putting in large amounts of money because they didn’t give 100 percent. And nowhere does He specifically commend the widow for giving all she had.
Tribute money. The main source of income was the half-shekel ( Exod 30:13 ff.), which was paid by every Israelite “twenty years and upward,” before the first of Nisan each year. Thirteen receptacles were placed in the court of women ( עֶזְרַת הַנְּשִׁים ) to receive the offerings.
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Jan 17, 2021 · They had been in the most outer court of the temple area, but Jesus moved closer to the actual temple and into a place called the court of the women. In this court was the treasury , comprised of thirteen chests into which people deposited their tithes and offerings.
