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Treasury

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(place). The place in the temple where gifts were received (1 Chron. 9:26²⁶For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. (1 Chronicles 9:26); Mark 12:41⁴¹And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. (Mark 12:41); Luke 21:1¹And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. (Luke 21:1); John 8:20²⁰These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. (John 8:20)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A part of the temple was called “the treasury,” in which were kept things consecrated to Jehovah, as the gold, silver, and vessels of brass and iron captured from Jericho (Josh. 6:19¹⁹But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. (Joshua 6:19)). The free-will offerings of the people were also given in at “the treasury” (Mark 12:41,43⁴¹And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. (Mark 12:41)
⁴³And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: (Mark 12:43)). On one occasion the Lord spoke to the people “in the treasury, as He taught in the temple,” doubtless in the outer part where He could watch the people bringing in their gifts (Luke 21:1¹And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. (Luke 21:1); John 8:20²⁰These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. (John 8:20)).