Níxīmǐjì 7:71

71 Yòu yǒu zúzhǎng juān rù gōng chéng kù de jīnzi , èr wàn dá lì kè , yínzi èr qiā èr bǎi mí ná .

Níxīmǐjì 7:71 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:71

And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of
the work
To be put into the treasure, out of which the expenses of the temple, and service of it were defrayed:

twenty thousand drachms of gold;
which were so many pounds of our money, and somewhat more: for, according to Bishop Cumberland ^F6, a drachm of gold was of the value of twenty shillings and four pence: and 2200 pounds of silver; "the maneh", or pound, with the Jews, was of the value of sixty shekels, ( Ezekiel 45:12 ) and so is reckoned by our Brerewood ^F7 to be of our money seven pounds and ten shillings; he reckoning a shekel at half a crown, whereas it was little more than two shillings and four pence; and so sixty of them, or a "maneh", came to about seven pounds; wherefore this sum here was seven times so many pounds of silver.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 115.
F7 De Ponder & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.

Níxīmǐjì 7:71 In-Context

69 Luòtuo sì bǎi sān shí wǔ zhǐ , lü liù qiā qī bǎi èr shí pǐ .

70 Yǒu xiē zúzhǎng wèi gōng chéng juān zhù . shĕng3 zhǎng juān rù kù zhōng de jīnzi yī qiā dá lì kè , wǎn wǔ shí gè , jìsī de lǐfú wǔ bǎi sān shí jiàn .

71 Yòu yǒu zúzhǎng juān rù gōng chéng kù de jīnzi , èr wàn dá lì kè , yínzi èr qiā èr bǎi mí ná .

72 Qíyú bǎixìng suǒ juān de jīnzi , èr wàn dá lì kè , yínzi èr qiā mí ná , jìsī de lǐfú liù shí qī jiàn .

73 Yúshì jìsī , Lìwèi rén , shǒu mén de , gē chàng de , mín zhōng de yī xiē rén , ní tí níng , bìng Yǐsèliè zhòngrén , gè zhù zaì zìjǐ de chéng lǐ .