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69 and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins,[a] 6,250 pounds[b] of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.

70 So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:69a Hebrew 61,000 darics of gold, about 1,100 pounds or 500 kilograms in weight.
  2. 2:69b Hebrew 5,000 minas [3,000 kilograms].

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