Feed the flock of Elohim which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith YY -TZvaot, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
But the kohanim were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Lvim did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other kohanim had sanctified themselves: for the Lvim were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the kohanim.
Then king Jehoash called for Yhoyada the kohen, and the other kohanim, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
And he gathered together the kohanim and the Lvim, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Yhudah, and gather of all Yisrael money to repair the house of your Elohim from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Lvim hastened it not.