Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah 7:63-73

63And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). 64These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.1

66The whole assembly numbered 42,360, 67in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers. 68They had 736 horses, 245 mules,2 69435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

70Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold,3 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. 71And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold4 and 2,200 minas of silver.5 72The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver,6 and 67 priestly garments.

73So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.

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  1. 1. Nehemiah 7:65 Literally Lights and Perfections ↩
  2. 2. Nehemiah 7:68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not include this verse. ↩
  3. 3. Nehemiah 7:70 Or 1,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 18.5 pounds or 8.4 kilograms of gold coins ↩
  4. 4. Nehemiah 7:71 Or 20,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 370.4 pounds or 168 kilograms of gold coins; also in verse 72 ↩
  5. 5. Nehemiah 7:71 Or 2,200 silver minas; that is, approximately 1.38 tons or 1.25 metric tons of silver ↩
  6. 6. Nehemiah 7:72 Or 2,000 silver minas; that is, approximately 1.26 tons or 1.14 metric tons of silver ↩

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