Matthew 27:7

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy ‘The Potter’s Field’ with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.

Cross References

Matthew 27:6

The leading priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permissible by the Law of Moses to put this money in the Temple treasury, since it is the price [paid] for [taking] a life.

Matthew 27:8

So, that field is called, ‘The Field of Blood’ to this day.