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Neh 7:71 — And [some] of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

chief		Job 34:19; Luk 21:1-4; 2Cr 8:12
pound		Manim, manehs or minas. As a weight, the maneh was equal to 100 shekels; but as a coin, equal to 60 shekels, or about 9Ł.

Correlating Passages

chief

	Job 34:19	[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
	Luk 21:1	And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
	Luk 21:2	And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
	Luk 21:3	And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
	Luk 21:4	For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
	2Cr 8:12	For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 7:71," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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