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Nehemiah 7:70-73 (Listen)

70 Now some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The qgovernor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics1 of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests' garments and 500 minas2 of silver.3 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. 72 rAnd what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments.

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

sAnd when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.

Footnotes

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