en_tn_condensed/jhn/02/14.md

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# were sitting there
The next verse makes it clear that these people are in the temple courtyard. That area was intended for worship and not for commerce.
# sellers of oxen and sheep and pigeons
People are buying animals in the temple courtyard to sacrifice them to God.
# money changers
Jewish authorities required people who wanted to buy animals for sacrifices to exchange their money for special money from the "money changers."