Ezra 2:65
63 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
64 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
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,
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- ASV
- besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- DARBY
- besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- BLB
- besides their menservants and their maidservants; these [were] seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And to them [were] two hundred singers and songstresses.
- ÅB
- foruten deres tjenere og tjenestepiker, som var syv tusen tre hundre og syv og tretti. De hadde også med seg to hundre sangere og sangerinner.
- OTB
- foruten deres mannlige og kvinnelige slaver, som talte 7 337; og de hadde 200 mannlige og kvinnelige sangere.
- B1930
- foruten deres tjenere og tjenestepiker, som var syv tusen tre hundre og syv og tretti. De hadde også med sig to hundre sangere og sangerinner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:8
and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
Read in context2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:1–2
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Read in contextPsalms 68:25
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Read in contextNehemiah 7:67
in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
Read in contextPsalms 148:12–13
young men and maidens, old and young together.
Read in contextMatthew 9:23
When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
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