King James Version
Ezra 2:66 in the King James Version says “Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;” — study this verse from Ezra chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;”
Ezra 2:66 · King James Version
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
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.
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
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“were seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
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