Nehemiah 7:72

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70 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the work. ^aThe governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.

71 Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work ^atwenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas.

72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. ^aWhen the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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Barnes' Notes

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Nehemiah 7:70-73

Compared with Ezra 2:69 there is considerable difference between the totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that of corruption in the one or the other of the passages.

Nehemiah 7:73

Dwelt in their cities - Nehemiah' s quotation from Zerubbabel' s register ends here, and the narration of events in Jerusalem in his own day is resumed from Nehemiah 7:3. The narrative Neh. 8; 10 appears from internal evidence to be by a different author (see the introduction of the Book of Nehemiah).

The last two clauses of Nehemiah 7:73 should stand as the beginning of Neh. 8 (as in the Septuagint). The text would then run: "And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the whole people gathered themselves together as one man," etc. Compare the margin reference.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Nehemiah 7:72:

1 Chronicles 29:7
Amos 1:8

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