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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.

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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