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68 Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, gave a freewill offering for the house of God to [a]restore it on its foundation. 69 According to their ability, they gave (A)to the treasury for the work 61,000 gold [b]drachmas and 5,000 silver [c]minas and 100 priestly tunics.

70 (B)So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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  1. Ezra 2:68 Lit establish
  2. Ezra 2:69 A Greek silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  3. Ezra 2:69 A mina was approx. 1.25 lb. or 0.6 kg

68 When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families(A) gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. 69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics[a] of gold, 5,000 minas[b] of silver and 100 priestly garments.

70 The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.(B)

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  1. Ezra 2:69 That is, about 1,100 pounds or about 500 kilograms
  2. Ezra 2:69 That is, about 3 tons or about 2.8 metric tons