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Nehemiah 7:70

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What does Nehemiah 7:70 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
Nehemiah 7:70 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 7

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67besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
68Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
69[their] camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
70And 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.
71And 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.
72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds 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 Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work, etc.] Of building the city and the temple, and for that service, (<150268>Ezra 2:68), the Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drachms of gold; each of which was one pound sterling, and so amounted to so many pounds: of these “dracmons”, or “darics”, a Persian coin, mention is made in (<150269>Ezra 2:69), they were golden staters, or shekels and had their name as is said, not from Darius, the father of Xerxes, though it is certain, from Herodotus f42 , that he coined golden money; but from some other king of the same name, more ancient f43, which must be Darius the Mede; and if they are the same with the Adarcon in (<150827>Ezra…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And some of the chief of the fathers, &c.--With Neh 7:69 the register ends, and the thread of Nehemiah's history is resumed. He was the tirshatha, or governor, and the liberality displayed by him and some of the leading men for the suitable equipment of the ministers of religion, forms the subject of the remaining portion of the chapter. Their donations consisted principally in garments. This would appear a singular description of gifts to be made by any one among us; but, in the East, a present of garments, or of any article of use, is conformable to the prevailing sentiments and customs of society. drams of gold--that is, darics. A daric was a gold coin of ancient Persia, worth £1 5s.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Compared with Ezra 2:69 there is considerable difference between the totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that of corruption in the one or the other of the passages. Nehemiah 7:73 Dwelt in their cities - Nehemiah’s quotation from Zerubbabel’s register ends here, and the narration of events in Jerusalem in his own day is resumed from Nehemiah 7:3. The narrative Nehemiah 8:0; Nehemiah 10:0 appears from internal evidence to be by a different author (see the introduction of the Book of Nehemiah). The last two clauses of Nehemiah 7:73 should stand as the beginning of Nehemiah 8:0 (as in the Septuagint). The text would then run: “And when the seventh month was come, and…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“7:70-72 Some of the family leaders gave gifts as their forefathers had done when sacred buildings were built (Exod 25:2-7; 35:4-9; 2 Kgs 12:1-21). This money supplemented gifts by Israelites who stayed in Babylon (Ezra 1:6) and by the Persian kings (Ezra 6:8).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“some: Heb. part, Ezr 2:68-70 the chief: Num. 7:2-86; Ch1 29:3-9 The Tirshatha: Neh 8:9, Neh 10:1 drams: Darkemonim, or darics; a Persian gold coin, worth about 1. 5s. basins: Exo 12:22, Exo 24:6; Kg1 7:45; Ch1 28:17; Ch2 4:8, Ch2 4:11; Jer 52:19 Nehemiah 7:71”
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