70 Now some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The (A)governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics[a] of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests' garments and 500 minas[b] of silver.[c] 71 And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. 72 (B)And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
  2. Nehemiah 7:70 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
  3. Nehemiah 7:70 Probable reading; Hebrew lacks minas of silver

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