Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Third part. About 9d., (Haydock) on account of the poverty of the people. (Calmet)
They afterwards paid half a sicle, or 1s. 2d., conformably to the law, Exodus xxx. 13., and Matthew xvii. 23. (Haydock)
Before the captivity, the kings of Juda provided sacrifices, (2 Paralipomenon xxxi. 3.) and after, the Persian monarchs supplied what was requisite, in favour of Zorababel and Esdras, chap. vi. 8., and vii. 21. But these grants had been recalled, or were not well executed.
