Ezra 2 · Verse 64

Ezra 2:64

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Ezra 2:64, King James Version

Ezra 2:64 in other translations

BSBThe whole assembly numbered 42,360,
WEBThe whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
ASVThe whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
YLTAll the assembly together is four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty,
DARBYThe whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
BBEThe number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty,
WebsterThe whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and sixty,

What does Ezra 2:64 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
64. The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore--This gross amount is twelve thousand more than the particular numbers given in the catalogue, when added together, come to. Reckoning up the smaller numbers, we shall find that they amount to 29,818 in this chapter, and to 31,089 in the parallel chapter of Nehemiah [see Ne 7:66-69]. Ezra also mentions four hundred ninety-four persons omitted by Nehemiah, and Nehemiah mentions 1765 not noticed by Ezra. If, therefore, Ezra's surplus be added to the sum in Nehemiah, and Nehemiah's surplus to the number in Ezra, they will both become 31,583. Subtracting this from 42,360, there will be a deficiency of 10,777. These are omitted because they did not belong to Judah and Benjamin, or to the priests, but to the other tribes. The servants and singers, male and female, are reckoned separately (Ezr 2:65), so that putting all these items together, the number of all who went with Zerubbabel amounted to fifty thousand, with eight thousand beasts of burden [Alting, quoted in Davidson's Hermeneutics].

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 2:64-70
Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion. Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing, compared with the offerings of the princes in David's time; yet, being according to their ability, were as acceptable to God. The Lord will carry us through all undertakings entered on according to his will, with an aim to his glory, and dependence on his assistance. Those who, at the call of the gospel, renounce sin and return to the Lord, shall be guarded and guided through all perils of the way, and arrive safely at the mansions provided in the holy city of God.

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Ezra 2:64 in the original Hebrew

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כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַקָּהָ֖לha.ka.Halthe assemblyH6951
כְּאֶחָ֑דke.'e.Chadas oneH259
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'fourH702
רִבּ֔וֹאri.Bo'ten thousandH7239
אַלְפַּ֖יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousandH505
שְׁלֹשׁ\־she.losh-threeH7969
מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שִׁשִּֽׁים\׃shi.ShimsixtyH8346

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

Cross references for Ezra 2:64

  • Jeremiah 23:3

    And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

  • Isaiah 10:20-22

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

  • Nehemiah 7:66-69

    The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 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. Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

  • Ezra 9:8

    And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
forty.Though the sum total, both here and in Nehemiah, is equal, namely, 42,360, yet the particulars reckoned up only make 29,818 in Ezra, and 31,089 in Nehemiah; and we find that Nehemiah mentions 1,765 persons who are not in Ezra, and Ezra has 494 not mentioned in Nehemiah. This last circumstance, which seems to render all hope of reconciling them impossible, Mr. Alting thinks is the very point by which they can be reconciled; for, if we add Ezra's surplus to the sum in Nehemiah, and Nehemiah's surplus to the number in Ezra, they will both amount to 31,583; which subtracted from 42,360, leaves a deficiency of 10,777, which are not named because they did not belong to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, or to the priests, but to the other Israelitish tribes.
9:8; Ne 7:66-69; Isa 10:20-22; Jer 23:3

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Context

  • Ezra 2:63

    And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • Ezra 2:64

    The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

  • Ezra 2:65

    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.

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Ezra 2:64 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Toda la congregación, unida como un solo hombre, era de cuarenta y dos mil trescientos y sesenta,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Toute la congrégation réunie était de 42 360 personnes,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die ganze Versammlung insgesamt war 42360,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnis multitudo quasi unus, quadraginta duo millia trecenti sexaginta: