richmahn_en_tn/mat/27/06.md

# It is not lawful to put this

"Our laws do not allow us to put this"

# put this

"put this silver"

# the treasury

This is the place they kept the money they used to provide for things needed for the temple and the priests. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# price of blood

This is an idiom that means money paid to a person who helped kill someone. AT: "money paid for a man to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# potter's field

This was a field that was bought to bury strangers who died in Jerusalem.

# that field has been called

This can be stated in active form. AT: "people call that field" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# to this day

This means to the time that Matthew is writing this book.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chiefpriests]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lawful]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bury]]