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996 B
It is not lawful to put this
"Our laws do not allow us to put this"
put this
"put this silver"
the treasury
This is the place they kept the money they used to provide for things needed for the temple and the priests. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
price of blood
This is an idiom that means money paid to a person who helped kill someone. AT: "money paid for a man to die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
potter's field
This was a field that was bought to bury strangers who died in Jerusalem.
that field has been called
This can be stated in active form. AT: "people call that field" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
to this day
This means to the time that Matthew is writing this book.