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Ezra 2:64 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, "
Ezra 2:64
Verse in Context
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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.
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.
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;
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Ezra 2:1
"Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;"
Ezra 2:2
"Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:"
Ezra 2:3
"The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two."
Ezra 2:4
"The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two."
Ezra 2:5
"The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five."
Ezra 2:6
"The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve."
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