some: Heb. part, Ezra 2:68-70
the chief: Numbers 7:2-86; 1 Chronicles 29:3-9
The Tirshatha: Nehemiah 8:9, Nehemiah 10:1
drams: Darkemonim, or darics; a Persian gold coin, worth about 1£. 5s.
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Nehemiah 7:70
Nehemiah 7:70
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