Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah 7:65-70

65The governor told them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim [to determine God’s will in the matter].

66The entire assembly together was 42,360,

67besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

68Their horses were 736; their mules, 245;

69their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.

70Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.

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