71 Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas[a] to the treasury for the project. 72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. 73 So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.[b](A)

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When the seventh month(B) came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:71 A Babylonian coin worth 50 shekels
  2. Nehemiah 7:73 The second half of v. 73 is better understood when placed with 8:1.

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