Nehemiah 7:65-73

65 The Jewish governor told them that they could not eat the food offered to God until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim. ¹

66 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360 Their male and female servants - 7,337

67 Male and female musicians - 245

68 Horses - 736, Mules - 245

69 Camels - 435, Donkeys - 6,720

70 Many of the people contributed to help pay the cost of restoring the Temple: The governor 8 kilogrammes of gold, 50 ceremonial bowls, 530 robes for priests

71 eads of clans 168 kilogrammes of gold, 1,250 kilogrammes of silver,

72 he rest of the people 168 kilogrammes of gold, 140 kilogrammes of silver, 67 robes for priests

73 The priests, the Levites, the temple guards, the musicians, many of the ordinary people, the temple workmen - all the people of Israel - settled in the towns and cities of Judah. ²

Nehemiah 7:65-73 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 7

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Ne 7:1-3, and concerned he was for the peopling of it, and having found a register of the first comers to it, gives their names, Ne 7:4-69 and some account of the freewill offerings made for the work they came about, Ne 7:70-73.

Cross References

• 1. 7.65Exodus 28.30;Deuteronomy 33.8.
• 2. 7.731 Chronicles 9.2;Nehemiah 11.3.

Footnotes

• [a]. urim and thummim: [Two objects used by the priest to determine God's will; it is not known precisely how they were used.]