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72 This is the total of what the other people gave: about 375 pounds of gold, about 2,250 pounds of silver and 67 pieces of clothing for the priests. 73 So these people all settled in their own towns: the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants and all the other people of Israel.

Ezra Reads the Teachings

By the seventh month the Israelites were settled in their own towns.

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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)

Ezra Reads the Law

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

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons