Nehemiah 7:70-73

The Voice

⁷⁰ Some of the heads of families made contributions so that the work we had begun could continue. As the governor, I contributed 1,000 gold coins, 50 gold bowls, 30 priests’ robes, and 630 pounds of silver.^{[a] 71} Then other family leaders began to give too: 20,000 gold coins and roughly 2,750 pounds of silver. ⁷² Together the rest of the community added 20,000 gold coins, 2,500 pounds of silver, and 67 priestly robes. ⁷³ Then the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, many common folk, and the rest of Israel returned to live in their towns. This was finished by the beginning of the seventh month.