Nehemiah 7:67

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

66 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

68 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

69 435 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.

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BSB
in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
KJV
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five 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. They had two hundred forty-five 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 forty and five 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 and forty-five singing-men and singing-women.
BLB
besides their menservants and maidservants, these seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven, and to them [were] singers and songstresses, two hundred and forty-five.
ÅB
foruten deres tjenere og tjenestepiker, som var syv tusen tre hundre og syv og tretti. De hadde også med seg to hundre og fem og førti sangere og sangerinner.
OTB
i tillegg til deres 7 337 mannlige og kvinnelige tjenere; og de hadde også 245 sangere, både mannlige og kvinnelige.
B1930
foruten deres tjenere og tjenestepiker, som var syv tusen tre hundre og syv og tretti. De hadde også med sig to hundre og fem og firti sangere og sangerinner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezra 2:65

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

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  • Jeremiah 27:7

    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

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  • Isaiah 45:1–2

    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

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