KJV 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.
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Nehemiah 7:70
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.
ASV American Standard Version
And some from among the heads of fathers’ houses gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And from the extremity of the heads of the fathers they have given to the work; the Tirshatha hath given to the treasure, of gold, drams a thousand, bowls fifty, priests’ coats thirty and five hundred.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 7
67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
69 [Their] camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
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.
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.
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.
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וּמִקְצָת֙H7117 · qe.tsatendרָאשֵׁ֣יH7218 · roshheadהָֽאָב֔וֹתH1 · avfatherנָתְנ֖וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלַמְּלָאכָ֑הH4399 · me.la.khahworkהַתִּרְשָׁ֜תָאH8660 · tir.sha.tagovernorנָתַ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָאוֹצָ֗רH214 · o.tsartreasureזָהָ֞בH2091 · za.havgoldדַּרְכְּמֹנִ֥יםH1871 · dar.ke.mondrachmaאֶ֙לֶף֙H505 · e.lephthousandמִזְרָק֣וֹתH4219 · miz.raqbowlחֲמִשִּׁ֔יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfiftyכָּתְנוֹת֙H3801 · ke.to.nettunicכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםH3548 · ko.henpriestשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyוַחֲמֵ֥שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveמֵאֽוֹת׃H3967 · me.ahhundred
Cross-references
Nehemiah 8:9And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.1 Chronicles 29:3-9Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,Jeremiah 52:19And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; [that] which [was] of gold [in] gold, and [that] which [was] of silver [in] silver, took the captain of the guard away.Numbers 7:2-86That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who [were] the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:2 Chronicles 4:8He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.Exodus 12:22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that [is] in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that [is] in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.Exodus 24:6And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.Nehemiah 7:65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed [were], Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,1 Kings 7:45And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright brass.2 Chronicles 4:11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;Ezra 2:68-70And [some] of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which [is] at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:1 Chronicles 28:17Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons [he gave gold] by weight for every bason; and [likewise silver] by weight for every bason of silver:
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