"And {some} of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand …" — Nehemiah 7:71

Nehemiah 7:71 · KJV

“And {some} of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.”

— Nehemiah 7:71

Verse 70

And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. {some: Heb. part.} {the Tirshatha: or, the governor}

Verse 72

And {that} which the rest of the people gave {was} twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.

Nehemiah 7 — Context

{Their} camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

And {some} of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

And {that} which the rest of the people gave {was} twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and {some} of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel {were} in their cities.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.

Luke 21:1-4

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

Job 34:19

{How much less to him} that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all {are} the work of his hands.