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5 Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself. 6 When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood." 7 So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city; 8 for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.' Matthew 27:5-8, Weymouth New Testament. Public domain.
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