Nehemiah 7:70

And, a portion of the ancestral chiefs, gave unto the work,—the governor, gave unto the treasury, of gold, a thousand darics, tossing bowls, fifty, tunics for priests, five hundred, and thirty;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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.

In Context

69camels, four hundred, and thirty-five,—asses, six thousand, seven hundred, and twenty.

71and, some of the ancestral chiefs, gave unto the treasury of the work, of gold, twenty thousand darics,—and, of silver, two thousand and two hundred manehs;

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Cross References

Exodus 12:22Then shall ye take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and strike the upper beam and the two door-posts, with the blood which is in the basin,—and, ye, shall not go forth any man out of the entrance of his house, until morning,

Numbers 7:2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, made an offering,—they being princes of the tribes, they being the men who stood over them who were numbered:

1 Chronicles 28:17and the fleshhooks and the bowls and the cups, pure gold,—and for the goblets of gold, by weight for each several goblet, and for the goblets of silver, by weight for each several goblet;

2 Chronicles 4:8And he made ten tables, and placed in the temple, five, on the right hand, and, five, on the left,—and he made a hundred tossing bowls of gold.

Ezra 2:68And, a portion of the ancestral chiefs, when they came to the house of Yahweh which was in Jerusalem, offered voluntarily for the house of God, to set it up on its basis.

Nehemiah 8:9Then Nehemiah—he, was the governor—and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who were causing the people to understand, said unto all the people, To-day, is, holy, unto Yahweh your God, do not mourn, nor weep,—for, weeping, were all the people, when they heard the words of the law.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:6-73

The Register of the Captives. ( b. c. 445.) 5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, 6 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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