Why then didn’t you put ¹  my money in the bank, ²  so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

The words of the sages are like prods, ¹  and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.

But Melchizedek ¹  who does not share their ancestry ²  collected a tithe ³  from Abraham and blessed ⁴  the one who possessed the promise.

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down ¹  the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

So Moses took the redemption money ¹  from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.

From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; ¹  you stored up water in the lower pool.

Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.

They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ¹  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ²  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ³  Jerusalem.

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment ¹  for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace. ² 

Moreover, Judah will fight at ¹  Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered up ²  – gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied: ¹ 

As ¹  the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia: ¹ 

Large numbers ¹  of those who had practiced magic ²  collected their books ³  and burned them up in the presence of everyone. ⁴  When ⁵  the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins. ⁶ 

When Jacob was told, ¹  “Your son Joseph has just ²  come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

So Jephthah left ¹  his half-brothers ²  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ³ 

They melted down the silver in the Lord’s temple ¹  and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen.”

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, ¹  I will set out for Spain by way of you,

The punishment ¹  of Ephraim has been decreed; ²  his punishment is being stored up for the future.