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70 Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The [a](A)governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold [b]drachmas, 50 bowls, 530 priests’ tunics. 71 Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver [c]minas. 72 That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests’ tunics.

73 So (B)the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

(C)Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title
  2. Nehemiah 7:70 A Greek silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  3. Nehemiah 7:71 A mina was approx. 1.25 lb. or 0.6 kg

70 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the work. (A)The [a]governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments. 71 Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work (B)twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities.

Ezra Reads the Law

(C)When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 Heb. Tirshatha