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Ezra 2

Ezra 2:65

The List of Returning Exiles · Ezra 2:1–67
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Translations

Modern
…in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Traditional
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.
Literal
…besides their menservants and their maidservants; these were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And to them were two hundred singers and songstresses.
Latin
…exceptis servis eorum, et ancillis, qui erant septem millia trecenti triginta septem: et in ipsis cantores atque cantatrices ducenti.

Original

Hebrew
English
…in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.

Notes

Ezra 2:64–66

  • 42,360: This number might include children, as it does not match the 28,774 people listed in Ezra 2:3–42.

  • The large number of servants and animals indicates that some of the Jews who returned were wealthy.

Ezra 2:1–70

This chapter is Ezra's first major digression from the main story. The returning exiles needed to identify true Jews to maintain their community identity and theological purity. This helped them know whom they could marry and who could worship at the temple. This list is not the initial list of all Jews who returned to Jerusalem (compare Nehemiah 7:6–73). Instead, it is a slightly later list, created after Sheshbazzar died, of people who had settled in their towns.

Theme notes and profiles

Esther Zerubbabel

Parallels

Nehemiah 7:4–69

Glossary

Book of Ezra Census First Book of Esdras Genealogy History of Israel Singer Temple

Topics

Woman: Allowed to Join in the Temple-Music from the Time of David Women in Chorus