Reference for Bava Batra 16:12

לא קשיא הא דאמיד הא דלא אמיד כי הא דרבא אכפיה לרב נתן בר אמי ושקיל מיניה ארבע מאה זוזי לצדקה

etc. This shows that they were not to exercise authority over the community, but that they were to be trusted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The gold was brought as a free-will offering, but each of the 'wise men' took what he required without rendering account. ');">¹¹</span>

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