Nehemiah 7:70
in Nehemiah 7Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And some from among the heads of fathers’ houses gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Nehemiah 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe Tirshatha gave - The Septuagint, particularly the copy in the Codex Alexandrinus, intimates that this sum was given to the Tirshatha, or Nehemiah: Και τῳ Αθερσαθᾳ εδωκαν εις θησαυρον, And to the Athersatha they gave for the treasure, etc. For the meaning of the word Tirshatha, see on Ezr 2:63 (note).
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work,....
He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites, in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree, but now was revived. God's worship is the defence of a place, and his ministers, when they mind their duty, are watchmen on the walls.
Blessed be God that our faith and hope are not built upon the niceties of names and numbers, genealogy and chronology, but on the great things of the law and gospel. Whatever is given to the work of God, he is not unrighteous to forget it; nor shall even a cup of cold water, wherewith he is honoured, go without its reward.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Their donations consisted principally in garments. This would appear a singular description of gifts to be made by any one among us; but, in the East, a present of garments, or of any article of use, is conformable to the prevailing sentiments and customs of society. drams of gold--that is, darics. A daric was a gold coin of ancient Persia, worth £1 5s.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compared with Ezr 2:69 there is considerable difference between the totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that of corruption in the one or the other of the passages. Neh 7:73 Dwelt in their cities - Nehemiah’s quotation from Zerubbabel’s register ends here, and the narration of events in Jerusalem in his own day is resumed from Neh 7:3. The narrative Neh. 8; 10 appears from internal evidence to be by a different author (see the introduction of the Book of Nehemiah). The last two clauses of Neh 7:73 should stand as the beginning of Neh. 8 (as in the Septuagint). The text would then run: “And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the whole people gathered themselves together as one man,” etc. Compare the margin reference.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִקְצָת֙ | umiktzat | and some of [the] end of | H7117 → | |
| רָאשֵׁ֣י | rashei | [the] leaders of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָֽאָב֔וֹת | haavot | the fathers | H1 → | 1212 times |
| נָתְנ֖וּ | natenu | they gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַמְּלָאכָ֑ה | lamelakhah | for the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| הַתִּרְשָׁ֜תָא | hatirshata' | the governor | H8660 → | 5 times |
| נָתַ֣ן | natan | he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָאוֹצָ֗ר | laotzar | to the treasury | H214 → | 79 times |
| זָהָ֞ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| דַּרְכְּמֹנִ֥ים | darkemonim | drachmas | H1871 → | 4 times |
| אֶ֙לֶף֙ | ʾelef | one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| מִזְרָק֣וֹת | mizrakot | bowls | H4219 → | |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֔ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| כָּתְנוֹת֙ | katenot | garments of | H3801 → | |
| כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים | kohanim | priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | vachamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
וּמִקְצָת֙and some of [the] end of
umiktzatH7117 →
רָאשֵׁ֣י[the] leaders of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
הָֽאָב֔וֹתthe fathers
haavotH1 →1212 times
נָתְנ֖וּthey gave
natenuH5414 →2011 times
לַמְּלָאכָ֑הfor the work
lamelakhahH4399 →167 times
הַתִּרְשָׁ֜תָאthe governor
hatirshata'H8660 →5 times
נָתַ֣ןhe gave
natanH5414 →2011 times
לָאוֹצָ֗רto the treasury
laotzarH214 →79 times
זָהָ֞בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
דַּרְכְּמֹנִ֥יםdrachmas
darkemonimH1871 →4 times
אֶ֙לֶף֙one thousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
מִזְרָק֣וֹתbowls
mizrakotH4219 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֔יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
כָּתְנוֹת֙garments of
katenotH3801 →
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםpriests
kohanimH3548 →750 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁand five
vachameshH2568 →343 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃hundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:12
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Nehemiah 7:65
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
- Nehemiah 8:2
On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
- Deuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your…
- Deuteronomy 12:12
Through
2 Chronicles 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:48
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- Ezekiel 44:16
They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
- Malachi 1:12
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
- Isaiah 25:6
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- 1 Kings 7:48
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.