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(usually àåֹöָø , otsar, a collection, often rendered “treasure;” sometimes Heb. âְּðָæַéí , genazain [Est_3:9; Est_4:1], or Chald. âַּðְæַéï , ginzin [Ezr_5:17; Ezr_6:1; Ezr_7:20, “treasure-house”], a store or deposit). SEE ASUPPIM. In 1Ch_28:11, the treasury of the Temple is called âִּðְæִêְ , ganzak; and means substantially the same as the êïñâáíᾶò of Mat_27:6, namely, the hoard of money contributed towards the expenses of that edifice. The same thing, or perhaps rather the place where the contribution-boxes for this purpose were kept, is designated in the New Test. as the ãáæïöõëÜêéïí (Mar_12:41; Luk_21:1; Joh_8:20), and so likewise Josephus (Ant. 19:6,1; War, 5, 5, 2), after the Sept. (Neh_10:37; Neh_13:4-5; Neh_13:8; Est_3:9). According to the rabbins this treasury was in the court of the women, where stood thirteen chests called trumpets from their form or funnel-shaped mouth, into which the Jews cast their offerings (comp. Exo_30:13 sq.). SEE TEMPLE.