10 When the box was full of money, the king's secretary and the chief priest would count the money and put it in bags.
11 Then they would give it to the men supervising the repairs to the temple. Some of the money was used to pay the builders, the woodworkers,
12 the stonecutters, and the men who built the walls. And some was used to buy wood and stone and to pay any other costs for repairing the temple.
13 While the repairs were being made, the money that was given to the temple was not used to make silver bowls, lamp snuffers, small sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or anything gold or silver for the temple.
14 It went only to pay for repairs.
15 The men in charge were honest, so no one had to keep track of the money.
16 The fines that had to be paid along with the sacrifices to make things right and the sacrifices for sin did not go to the temple. This money belonged only to the priests.