Nehemiah 7:70-73

Offerings by the Exiles

70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, ^[a] 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. ¹

71 And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold ^[b] and 2,200 minas of silver. ^[c]

72 The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, ^[d] and 67 priestly garments.

73 So 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.

Nehemiah 7:70-73 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. (Exodus 38:21–31; Ezra 2:68–70)

Footnotes

• [a] Or 1,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 18.5 pounds or 8.4 kilograms of gold coins
• [b] Or 20,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 370.4 pounds or 168 kilograms of gold coins; also in verse 72
• [c] Or 2,200 silver minas; that is, approximately 1.38 tons or 1.25 metric tons of silver
• [d] Or 2,000 silver minas; that is, approximately 1.26 tons or 1.14 metric tons of silver