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Nehemiah 7:70-72
Modern English Version
Nehemiah 7:70-72
Modern English Version
70 Some of the chiefs of the fathers’ households gave to the work. The magistrate gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas,[a] fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. 71 Others of the chiefs of the fathers’ households gave to the treasury for the work twenty thousand gold drachmas[b] and two thousand two hundred silver minas.[c] 72 What the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas,[d] and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
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- Nehemiah 7:70 About 19 pounds, or 8.4 kilograms.
- Nehemiah 7:71 About 375 pounds, or 170 kilograms; and in v. 72.
- Nehemiah 7:71 About 1⅓ tons, or 1.2 metric tons.
- Nehemiah 7:72 About 1¼ tons, or 1.1 metric tons.
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