Nehemiah 7:70-72

The Voice

⁷⁰ Some of the heads of families made contributions so that the work we had begun could continue. As the governor, I contributed 1,000 gold coins, 50 gold bowls, 30 priests’ robes, and 630 pounds of silver.^{[a] 71} Then other family leaders began to give too: 20,000 gold coins and roughly 2,750 pounds of silver. ⁷² Together the rest of the community added 20,000 gold coins, 2,500 pounds of silver, and 67 priestly robes.