Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah 7:65-70

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.

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Notes

  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 ↩

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