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Ezra 2:64

62 These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

63 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

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

66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
KJV
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
WEB
The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
ASV
The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
DARBY
The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
BLB
All the assembly [was] as one, four myriad two thousand three hundred [and] sixty,
ÅB
Hele menigheten var i alt to og førti tusen tre hundre og seksti
OTB
Så hele forsamlingen talte 42 360,
B1930
Hele menigheten var i alt to og firti tusen tre hundre og seksti

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  • Jeremiah 23:3

    Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

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  • Isaiah 10:20–22

    On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Nehemiah 7:66–69

    The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

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  • Ezra 9:8

    But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

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