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Nehemiah 7:72-73
Contemporary English Version
Nehemiah 7:72-73
Contemporary English Version
70-72 Many people gave gifts to help pay for the materials to rebuild the temple. The governor himself gave 8 kilograms of gold, 50 bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 robes for the priests. Family leaders gave 153 kilograms of gold and 1,458 kilograms of silver. The rest of the people gave 153 kilograms of gold, 1,325 kilograms of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.
73 (A) And so, by the seventh month,[a] priests, Levites, temple guards, musicians, workers, and many of the ordinary people had settled in the towns of Judah.
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- 7.73 seventh month: Tishri (also called Ethanim), the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-September to mid-October.
Nehemiah 7:72-73
New International Version
Nehemiah 7:72-73
New International Version
72 The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas[a] of silver and 67 garments for priests.(A)
73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants,(B) along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.(C)
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When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,(D)
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- Nehemiah 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons
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