70 Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics¹ of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas² of silver.³

This Day Is Holy

9 And ^dNehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who ^etaught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.

The People Who Sealed the Covenant

1 “On the seals are the names of¹ Nehemiah the ^jgovernor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,