{Into the treasury} (eis ton korban(836e)). Josephus (_War_
II. 9,4) uses this very word for the sacred treasury. _Korban_ is
Aramaic for _gift_ (d(9372)on) as is plain in  Mr 7:11 . The price
of blood (blood-money) was pollution to the treasury ( De
23:18f. ). So they took the money out and used it for a secular
purpose. The rabbis knew how to split hairs about _Korban_ ( Mr
7:1-23  Mt 15:1-20 ), but they balk at this blood-money.