Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
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Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
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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.
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And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Nehemiah 7:71 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 34:19 He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
- Luke 21:1-4 He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins. He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, minas.
Or, minas.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And that which the rest of the people gave…
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drachms of gold,.... Worth as many pounds of our money, and somewhat more:
and two thousand pound of silver; of which See Gill on Neh 7:71,
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and threescore and seven priests' garments; having been so long in Babylon, and no use of sacrifices, and so not of garments to minister in, no care was taken to provide any; which seems to be the reason why so many were given, when they returned to their own land, and sacrificed.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 71. Two thousand and two hundred pounds] The…
Verse 71. Two thousand and two hundred pounds] The Septuagint has two thousand THREE hundred minae of silver.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain pound of silver--that is, mina (sixty shekels, or £9).
pound of silver--that is, mina (sixty shekels, or £9).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 71. to the treasure] R.V. into the treasury.
71. to the treasure] R.V. into the treasury.
pound] R.V. marg. ‘Heb. maneh’.
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