20And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
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The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-28)Observe, 1. There were treasures of the house of God . A great house cannot be well kept without stores of all manner of provisions. Much was expended daily upon the altar-flour, wine, oil, salt, fuel, besides the lamps; quantities of these were to be kept beforehand, besides the sacred vestments and utensils. These were the treasures of the house of God . And, because money answers all things, do…
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