KJV King James Version
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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Nehemiah 7:71
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And of the heads of the fathers they have given to the treasure of the work, of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand and two hundred.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 7
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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וּמֵֽרָאשֵׁ֣יH7218 · roshheadהָֽאָב֗וֹתH1 · avfatherנָֽתְנוּ֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְאוֹצַ֣רH214 · o.tsartreasureהַמְּלָאכָ֔הH4399 · me.la.khahworkזָהָ֕בH2091 · za.havgoldדַּרְכְּמוֹנִ֖יםH1871 · dar.ke.mondrachmaשְׁתֵּ֣יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoרִבּ֑וֹתH7239 · rib.boten thousandוְכֶ֕סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyמָנִ֖יםH4488 · ma.nehminaאַלְפַּ֥יִםH505 · e.lephthousandוּמָאתָֽיִם׃H3967 · me.ahhundred
Cross-references
Luke 21:1-4And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.Job 34:19[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.2 Corinthians 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.
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