King James Version
What Does Ezra 2:64 Mean?
“The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,”
Context
62
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. were they: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood
63
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. Tirshatha: or, governor
64
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
65
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
66
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(64) This sum total is the same in Nehemiah; but the several sums in Ezra make 29,818, and in Nehemiah 31,089. The apocryphal Esdras agrees in the total, but makes in the particulars 33,950, adding that children below twelve were not reckoned. Many expedients of reconciliation have been adopted; but it is better to suppose that errors had crept into the original documents.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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