Nehemiah 7:72
70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
71 And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
- KJV
- And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
- WEB
- That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
- ASV
- And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests` garments.
- DARBY
- And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' coats.
- BLB
- That which the rest of the people gave [was] two myriads of gold darics, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priestly garments.
- ÅB
- Og det som resten av folket gav, var tyve tusen dariker i gull og to tusen miner i sølv og dessuten syv og seksti prestekjortler.
- OTB
- Resten av folket ga 20 000 gull drakmer, 2 000 sølv miner og 67 prestekapper.
- B1930
- Og det som resten av folket gav, var tyve tusen dariker i gull og to tusen miner i sølv og dessuten syv og seksti prestekjortler.