Nehemiah 7:65-70
65 aThe bgovernor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.Totals of People and Gifts
66The whole assembly together was 42,360, 67besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337. And they had 245 singers, male and female. 68Their horses were 736, their mules 245, ▼▼Compare Ezra 2:66 and the margins of some Hebrew manuscripts; Hebrew lacks Their horses . . . 245
69their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720. 70Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The dgovernor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics ▼
▼A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas ▼▼A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
of silver. ▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew lacks minas of silver
Nehemiah 8:9
This Day Is Holy
9And Nehemiah, who was hthe governor, and Ezra ithe priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, j“This day is holy to the Lord your God; kdo not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.Nehemiah 10:1
The People Who Sealed the Covenant
1 ▼▼Ch 10:2 in Hebrew
m“On the seals are the names of ▼▼Hebrew lacks the names of
Nehemiah othe governor, pthe son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,
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