Lexham English Bible

Nehemiah 7:65-73 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

65. So the governor said to them that they could not eat the most holy food until a priest could come with Urim and Thummim.

66. All of the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

67. besides their servants and female slaves—these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,

69. there were four hundred and thirty-five camels and six thousand seven hundred and twenty male donkeys.

70. Now some from the heads of the families gave to the work. The governor gave to the storehouse one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly tunics.

71. Now some of the heads of the families gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand gold darics and two thousand two hundred silver minas.

72. And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics.

73. So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the Israelites were in their cities.