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Nehemiah 7:70-73
Evangelical Heritage Version
Nehemiah 7:70-73
Evangelical Heritage Version
70 Some of the heads of the families gave support for the work.
The governor gave to the treasury:
gold darics: 1,000[a]
bowls: 50
garments for the priests: 530.
71 Some of the heads of the families gave this to the treasury for the work:
gold darics: 20,000
silver minas: 2,200.[b]
72 What the rest of the people gave was this:
gold darics: 20,000
silver minas: 2,000
and garments for the priests: 67.
73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, and the temple servants, that is, all Israel, settled in their cities.
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- Nehemiah 7:70 A daric is a unit of weight that appears in post-exilic books. It is a Persian term, equal to the Greek drachma, about a third of an ounce. It is also the name of a Persian gold coin.
- Nehemiah 7:71 Estimates of the weight of a mina very widely, from twenty to thirty-five ounces.
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