24:5a So he gathered the priests and Levites

He gathered the priests and Levites
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⌊So,⌋ he asked the priests and the Levites to come to him.

24:5b and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah

and said to them, “Go(plur) to the towns of Judah.
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He ordered them to go to the towns of Judah

24:5c and collect the money due annually from all Israel,

You(plur) must collect the money that is supposed to be collected from all Israel every year.
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and collect the money that all the people of Israel were supposed to pay every year.

24:5d to repair the house of your God.

It is to repair the temple of your God.
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That money was to maintain the temple of their God.

24:5e Do it quickly.”

Do(plur) it without delay.”
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He told them to do it immediately.

24:5f The Levites, however, did not make haste.

But the Levites did not do it right away.
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But the Levites did not go immediately.

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