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Nehemiah 7:70
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68 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,
69 their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
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. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Nehemiah 7:70

And some of the chief of the fathers, etc.—With Nehemiah 7:69 the register ends, and the thread of Nehemiah's history is resumed. He was the tirshatha, or governor, and the liberality displayed by him and some of the leading men for the suitable equipment of the ministers of religion, forms the subject of the remaining portion of the chapter. Their donations consisted principally in garments. This would appear a singular description of gifts to be made by any one among us; but, in the East, a present of garments, or of any article of use, is conformable to the prevailing sentiments and customs of society.

drams of gold—that is, darics. A daric was a gold coin of ancient Persia, worth £1 5s.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Nehemiah 7:70:

Ezra 2:63
Ezra 2:69

 

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