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Nehemiah 7:72 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 7 · verse 72
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.Nehemiah 7:72 · King James Version
Nehemiah 7:72 in context
70And 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.
71And 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.
72And 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.
73So 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandribbôwa myriadH7239 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- twentyshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- dramsdarkᵉmôwna 'drachma', or coinH1871 →
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We have here another good project of Nehemiah's; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-73