Add parallel Print Page Options

69 They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas[a] of gold, five thousand pounds[b] of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.

70 So the priests and the Levites, along with some of the people, the singers, the porters, and those donated as temple servants, lived in their cities, with the result that all Israel resettled in their cities.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:69 About 1,100 pounds, or 500 kilograms.
  2. Ezra 2:69 About 3 tons, or 2.8 metric tons.