Albert Barnes Commentary Nehemiah 7:70-73

"And some from among the heads of fathers` [houses] gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests` garments. And some of the heads of fathers` [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests` garments. So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities." — Nehemiah 7:70-73 (ASV)

Compared with (Ezra 2:69), there is considerable difference between the totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that of corruption in the one or the other of the passages.

(Nehemiah 7:73) Dwelt in their cities - Nehemiah’s quotation from Zerubbabel’s register ends here, and the narration of events in Jerusalem in his own day is resumed from (Nehemiah 7:3). The narrative (Nehemiah 8; Nehemiah 10) appears from internal evidence to be by a different author (see the introduction of the Book of Nehemiah).

The last two clauses of (Nehemiah 7:73) should stand as the beginning of Nehemiah 8 (as in the Septuagint). The text would then run: And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the whole people gathered themselves together as one man, etc. Compare the margin reference.