Néhémie 7:71

71 Les chefs de familles donnèrent au trésor de l'oeuvre vingt mille dariques d'or et deux mille deux cents mines d'argent.

Néhémie 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.

Néhémie 7:71 In-Context

69 quatre cent trente-cinq chameaux, et six mille sept cent vingt ânes.

70 Plusieurs des chefs de famille firent des dons pour l'oeuvre. Le gouverneur donna au trésor mille dariques d'or, cinquante coupes, cinq cent trente tuniques sacerdotales.

71 Les chefs de familles donnèrent au trésor de l'oeuvre vingt mille dariques d'or et deux mille deux cents mines d'argent.

72 Le reste du peuple donna vingt mille dariques d'or, deux mille mines d'argent, et soixante-sept tuniques sacerdotales.

73 Les sacrificateurs et les Lévites, les portiers, les chantres, les gens du peuple, les Néthiniens et tout Israël s'établirent dans leurs villes. Le septième mois arriva, et les enfants d'Israël étaient dans leurs villes.