Focused Passage

Ezra 2:64-70

The Returned Exiles and the Reconstituted Worshiping Community

The decree of return becomes a counted covenant community, ordered by family, place, worship office, priestly legitimacy, and freewill devotion to the house of the Lord.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

64 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,

67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

69 According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

70 So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

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Verse 64

Cross-references

Psalms 147:2 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 23:3 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 7:66 Classic cross-references

Original words

The whole כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct assembly הַקָּהָ֖ל H6951 Article | Noun - masculine singular [numbered] כְּאֶחָ֑ד H259 Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular 42,360 {} אַרְבַּ֣ע H702 Number - feminine singular construct . . . רִבּ֔וֹא H7239 Number - feminine singular . . . אַלְפַּ֖יִם H505 Number - md . . . שְׁלֹשׁ־ H7969 Number - feminine singular construct . . . מֵא֥וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . שִׁשִּֽׁים׃ H8346 Number - common plural

Verse 65

Cross-references

2 Samuel 19:35 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 7:67 Classic cross-references

Original words

in addition to מִ֠לְּבַד H905 Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אֵ֔לֶּה H428 Pronoun - common plural their 7,337 שִׁבְעַ֣ת H7651 Number - masculine singular construct . . . אֲלָפִ֔ים H505 Number - masculine plural . . . שְׁלֹ֥שׁ H7969 Number - feminine singular construct . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים H7970 Number - common plural . . . וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה H7651 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular menservants עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and maidservants וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ H519 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural as well as their 200 מָאתָֽיִם׃ H3967 Number - fd male מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים H7891 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural and female singers וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת H7891 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural

Verse 66

Original words

They had 736 שְׁבַ֥ע H7651 Number - feminine singular construct . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים H7970 Number - common plural . . . וְשִׁשָּׁ֑ה H8337 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular horses סוּסֵיהֶ֕ם H5483 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 245 מָאתַ֖יִם H3967 Number - fd . . . אַרְבָּעִ֥ים H705 Number - common plural . . . וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ H2568 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular mules פִּרְדֵיהֶ֕ם H6505 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 67

Original words

435 אַרְבַּ֥ע H702 Number - feminine singular . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים H7970 Number - common plural . . . וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה H2568 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular camels גְּמַ֨לֵּיהֶ֔ם H1581 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and 6,720 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת H8337 Number - masculine singular construct . . . אֲלָפִ֔ים H505 Number - masculine plural . . . שְׁבַ֥ע H7651 Number - feminine singular construct . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . וְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃פ H6242 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural donkeys חֲמֹרִ֕ים H2543 Noun - masculine plural

Verse 68

Cross-references

Exodus 38:21 BSB references Nehemiah 7:70 BSB references Exodus 25:2 Classic cross-references Mark 12:44 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 9:7 Classic cross-references Exodus 35:27 Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 29:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

When they arrived בְּבוֹאָ֕ם H935 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural at the house לְבֵ֥ית H1004 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם H3389 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular [some] of the heads וּמֵרָאשֵׁי֙ H7218 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct of the families הָֽאָב֔וֹת H1 Article | Noun - masculine plural gave freewill offerings הִֽתְנַדְּבוּ֙ H5068 Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural to rebuild לְהַעֲמִיד֖וֹ H5975 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular the house לְבֵ֣ית H1004 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of God הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Article | Noun - masculine plural on עַל־ H5921 Preposition its original site מְכוֹנֽוֹ׃ H4349 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 69

Cross-references

Ezra 8:25 Classic cross-references

Original words

According to their ability כְּכֹחָ֗ם H3581 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural they gave נָתְנוּ֮ H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to the treasury לְאוֹצַ֣ר H214 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct for this work הַמְּלָאכָה֒ H4399 Article | Noun - feminine singular 61,000 {} שֵׁשׁ־ H8337 Number - feminine singular construct . . . רִבֹּ֣אות H7239 Number - feminine plural . . . וָאֶ֔לֶףס H505 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular darics דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙ H1871 Noun - masculine plural of gold זָהָ֗ב H2091 Noun - masculine singular 5,000 {} חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת H2568 Number - masculine singular construct . . . אֲלָפִ֑ים H505 Number - masculine plural minas מָנִ֖ים H4488 Noun - masculine plural of silver וְכֶ֕סֶף H3701 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and 100 מֵאָֽה׃ס H3967 Number - feminine singular priestly כֹּהֲנִ֖ים H3548 Noun - masculine plural garments וְכָתְנֹ֥ת H3801 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct

BSB notes

Or 61,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 1,129.7 pounds or 512.4 kilograms of gold coins
5,000 minas is approximately 3.14 tons or 2.85 metric tons of silver.

Verse 70

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 9:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 44:26 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 7:73 Classic cross-references

Original words

So the priests הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים H3548 Article | Noun - masculine plural the Levites וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם H3881 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural the singers וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים H7891 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural the gatekeepers וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛ים H7778 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural and the temple servants וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים H5411 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural along with some וּֽמִן־ H4480 Conjunctive waw | Preposition of the people הָעָ֞ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular settled וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural in their own towns בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם H5892 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural and the rest וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - feminine singular settled [in their towns] בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ס H5892 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

Or all Israel

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