Nehemiah 7:69–8:1

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

⁷⁰Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The ^1agovernor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold ²drachmas, 50 bowls, 530 priests’ tunics.

⁷¹Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver ¹minas.

⁷²That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests’ tunics.

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

^bThen the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

CHAPTER 8

Ezra Reads the Book of the Law

¹And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of ^athe Water Gate, and they said to ^bEzra the scribe to bring ^cthe book of the law of Moses which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.