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439 B
Markdown
13 lines
439 B
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# were sitting there
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The next verse makes it clear that these people are in the temple courtyard. That area was intended for worship and not for commerce.
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# sellers of oxen and sheep and pigeons
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People are buying animals in the temple courtyard to sacrifice them to God.
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# money changers
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Jewish authorities required people who wanted to buy animals for sacrifices to exchange their money for special money from the "money changers."
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