Nehemiah 7:70

Overview - Nehemiah 7
Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah.
A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon;
of the people;
39 of the priests;
43 of the Levites;
46 of the Nethinims;
57 of Solomon's servants;
63 and of the priests which could not find their pedigree;
66 The whole number of them, with their substance.
70 Their oblations.
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Nehemiah 7:70  (King James Version)
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
 


some
Hebrew part.
Ezra 2:68-70

the chief
Numbers 7:2-86 ; 1 Chronicles 29:3-9

The Tirshatha
8:9 10:1

drams
Darkemonim, or darics; a Persian gold coin, worth about 1. 5s.

basons
Exodus 12:22 ; 24:6 1 Kings 7:45 ; 1 Chronicles 28:17 ; 2 Chronicles 4:8 2 Chronicles 4:11 ; Jeremiah 52:19