Mat 27:6 | RWP | e4.org | Into the treasury ( εις τον κορβαναν ). Josephus ( War II. 9,4) uses this very word for the sacred treasury. Korban is Aramaic for gift ( δωρον ) as is plain in . The price of blood (blood-money) was pollution to the treasury ( .). So they took the money out and used it for a secular purpose. The rabbis knew how to split hairs about Korban ( ; ), but they balk at this blood-money.

‏ Matthew 27:6

Into the treasury ( εις τον κορβαναν ). Josephus (War II. 9,4) uses this very word for the sacred treasury. Korban is Aramaic for gift ( δωρον ) 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.