Nehemiah 7:70
70 Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The a governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics ▼
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A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas
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A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
of silver.
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Probable reading; Hebrew lacks minas of silver
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