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And the Rashei Hakohanim took the shiklei kesef and said, It is asur (forbidden) to put these into the Beis Hamikdash otzar (treasury), vi-bahlt (since) it is blood money.

And they took counsel together and they bought the Potter’s Field as a beis hakevoros (cemetery) for zarim (foreigners).

For this reason that field has been called the Sadeh HaDahm (Field of Blood) to this day.

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