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69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

70 Some of the heads of the families gave support for the work.
The governor gave to the treasury:
    gold darics: 1,000[a]
    bowls: 50
    garments for the priests: 530.
71 Some of the heads of the families gave this to the treasury for the work:
    gold darics: 20,000
    silver minas: 2,200.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:70 A daric is a unit of weight that appears in post-exilic books. It is a Persian term, equal to the Greek drachma, about a third of an ounce. It is also the name of a Persian gold coin.
  2. Nehemiah 7:71 Estimates of the weight of a mina very widely, from twenty to thirty-five ounces.