Nehemiah 7:72
70 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.
71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
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.
73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
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.
Compare
- 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.