Bible Strands
Nehemiah 7:72
The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the returned Israelite community as they finalize their financial and material contributions to the temple reconstruction, immediately following the leaders’ donations and preceding the population’s dispersal to their towns.
The words — שְׁאֵרִית (she'erit) means the remainder or rest, identifying the non-leadership portion of the population, while נָתְנוּ (natenu) simply records they gave, indicating a direct transfer of resources. דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים (darkemonim) refers to darics, a Persian gold coin, specifying the exact currency used for the offering.
The thread — The same inventory of gold, silver, and priestly garments appears in Ezra 2:69, and the pattern of communal giving for sacred work recurs in Ezra 8:25-26 and 1 Chronicles 29:6.
Why it lands — The text records the rest of the people contributing alongside officials, establishing that communal restoration requires participation from the entire population rather than only the elite. It asks the reader to recognize that collective obedience manifests through tangible, proportional giving toward a shared sacred task.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.