4. Saying, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. They replied, What is that to us? See to that yourself.
5. And casting the pieces of silver [forward] into the [Holy Place of the sanctuary of the] temple, he departed; and he went off and hanged himself.
6. But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.
7. So after consultation they bought with them [the pieces of silver] the potter's field [as a place] in which to bury strangers.
8. Therefore that piece of ground has been called the Field of Blood to the present day.