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70 Some of the family leaders gave gifts for the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold coins,[a] 50 gold basins, and 530 robes for the priests. 71 The other leaders gave to the treasury a total of 20,000 gold coins[b] and some 2,750 pounds[c] of silver for the work. 72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, about 2,500 pounds[d] of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:70 Hebrew 1,000 darics of gold, about 19 pounds or 8.6 kilograms in weight.
  2. 7:71a Hebrew 20,000 darics of gold, about 375 pounds or 170 kilograms in weight; also in 7:72.
  3. 7:71b Hebrew 2,200 minas [1,300 kilograms].
  4. 7:72 Hebrew 2,000 minas [1,200 kilograms].

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