Zechariah 11:12-14

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¹²And I said to their leaders, “If you like, give me my pay, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.”

So they counted out thirty little silver coins^[a] as my wages.

¹³And the Lord told me, “Use it to buy a field from the pottery makers^[b]—this magnificent sum they value you at!”

So I took the thirty coins and threw them into the Temple for the pottery makers. ¹⁴Then I broke my other staff, “Union,” to show that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.

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Footnotes

Zechariah 11:12 thirty little silver coins, the price of a slave; see Exodus 21:32 and Matthew 27:3-9.
Zechariah 11:13 Use it to buy a field from the pottery makers, literally, “Throw it to the pottery makers.”