Ezra 2 · Verse 38

Ezra 2:38

The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Ezra 2:38, King James Version

Ezra 2:38 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;
WEBThe children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
ASVThe children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
YLTSons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
DARBYThe children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
BBEThe children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.
WebsterThe children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

What does Ezra 2:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 2:36-39

36-39. The priests--Each of their families was ranged under its prince or head, like those of the other tribes. It will be remembered that the whole body was divided into twenty-four courses, one of which, in rotation, discharged the sacerdotal duties every week, and each division was called after the name of its first prince or chief. It appears from this passage that only four of the courses of the priests…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 2:36-63

Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians.

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Ezra 2:38 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
פַשְׁח֔וּרfash.ChurPashhurH6583
אֶ֕לֶף'E.lefone thousandH505
מָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
וְשִׁבְעָֽה\׃\ \סve.shiv.'Ahand sevenH7651

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezra 2:38

  • 1 Chronicles 9:12

    And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

  • Ezra 10:22

    And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

  • Nehemiah 7:41

    The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pashur.
10:22; 1Ch 9:12; Ne 7:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezra 2:37

    The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

  • Ezra 2:38

    The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

  • Ezra 2:39

    The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

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Ezra 2:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Pashur, mil doscientos cuarenta y siete;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Pashkhur, 1 247;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Paschchurs, 1247;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii Pheshur, mille ducenti quadraginta septem.