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Nehemiah 7:71-73
Modern English Version
Nehemiah 7:71-73
Modern English Version
71 Others of the chiefs of the fathers’ households gave to the treasury for the work twenty thousand gold drachmas[a] and two thousand two hundred silver minas.[b] 72 What the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas,[c] and sixty-seven 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 cities.
Ezra Reads the Law
When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
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- 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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