And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
They announced throughout Judah and Jerusalem that people should bring the tax that Moses, God's servant, had required from Israel when they were in the wilderness.
The writer is describing how King Joash and the priests called on the people to bring the temple tax that Moses had originally established during Israel's time in the desert.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during the reign of King Joash of Judah (around 835-796 BC) when he was working to repair the temple that had been damaged and neglected. The tax being collected was the half-shekel temple tax that Moses had instituted in Exodus 30:11-16, which every Israelite man was required to pay for the maintenance of the tabernacle and later the temple.
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