69 their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.

70 Now some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The (A)governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics[a] of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests' garments and 500 minas[b] of silver.[c] 71 And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
  2. Nehemiah 7:70 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
  3. Nehemiah 7:70 Probable reading; Hebrew lacks minas of silver

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