22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
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The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
Commentary
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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