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Gifts for the Temple(A)

70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor[a] contributed 1,000 gold drachmas to the treasury, along with 50 basins, and 530 priestly garments. 71 Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver units[b] for the work. 72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver units[c], and 67 priestly garments.

73 The priests, descendants of Levi, gatekeepers, singers, some of the people, the Temple Servants, and all the Israelis settled in their cities.

Ezra Reads the Law(B)

73 Seven months later,[d] the Israelis had settled in their own cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 Lit. Tirshatha; i.e. a Persian title
  2. Nehemiah 7:71 Lit. mina
  3. Nehemiah 7:72 Lit. mina
  4. Nehemiah 7:73 Lit. When the seventh month came; cf. Ezra 3:1

70 Now some from the heads of the families[a] gave to the work. The governor gave to the storehouse one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly tunics. 71 Now some of the heads of the families[b] gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand gold darics and two thousand two hundred silver minas. 72 And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics.

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the Israelites[c] were in their cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 Literally “fathers”
  2. Nehemiah 7:71 Literally “fathers”
  3. Nehemiah 7:73 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics[a] of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. 71 Some of the heads of the families(A) gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics[b] of gold and 2,200 minas[c] of silver. 72 The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas[d] of silver and 67 garments for priests.(B)

73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants,(C) along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.(D)

Ezra Reads the Law

When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms
  2. Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 375 pounds or about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72
  3. Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons or about 1.2 metric tons
  4. Nehemiah 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons