June 16, 2023

Nehemiah 7:1-5, 70-73 (HCSB)
The Exiles Return 
7 When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed,  the gatekeepers,  singers, and Levites were appointed. 2 Then I put my brother Hanani  in charge of Jerusalem,  along with Hananiah,  commander of the fortress,  because he was a faithful man who feared God  more than most. 3 I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.” 4 The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.  5 Then my God put it into my mind  to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:

70 Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins,  50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury. 71 Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas  to the treasury for the project. 72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. 73 So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.  

The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version. (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Ne 7:70–73.