Nehemiah 7:69–8:1

⁶⁹their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.

⁷⁰Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The ^qgovernor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics² of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas³ of silver.^{4 71}And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. ^72rAnd what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments.

⁷³So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns.

^sAnd when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.

Ezra Reads the Law

8And all the people gathered as one man into the square before ^tthe Water Gate. And they told ^uEzra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.