Nehemiah 7:71-73

Contemporary English Version

^70-72 Many people gave gifts to help pay for the materials to rebuild the temple. The governor himself gave 8 kilograms of gold, 50 bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 robes for the priests. Family leaders gave 153 kilograms of gold and 1,458 kilograms of silver. The rest of the people gave 153 kilograms of gold, 1,325 kilograms of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.

^73 (A) And so, by the seventh month,^[a] priests, Levites, temple guards, musicians, workers, and many of the ordinary people had settled in the towns of Judah.