Ezra 2:67

Ezra 2:67 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
• New International Version (NIV)435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
• English Standard Version (ESV)their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.
• New King James Version (NKJV)their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Context of Ezra 2:67

65There were also 7,337 male and female servants, as well as 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys. 68They arrived at the Lord's temple in Jerusalem. Some of the leaders of their families gave gifts to build the temple again where it had been before. 69They each gave as much money as they were able to give. Together they gave about 500 kilograms of gold and nearly 3,000 kilograms of silver. They also gave 100 special sets of clothes for the priests.

Ezra 2:67 word by word

גְּמַ֨לֵּיהֶ֔ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה חֲמֹרִ֕ים שֵׁ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their camelsגָּמָלgâmâl · camelH1581
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• assesחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• and twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242

Commentaries on Ezra 2:67

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 64-70Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-70This chapter is Ezra's first major digression from the main story. The returning exiles needed to identify true Jews to maintain their community identity and theological purity. This helped them know whom they could marry and who could worship at the temple. This list is not the initial list of all Jews who returned to Jerusalem (compare Nehemiah 7:6–73). Instead, it is a slightly later list, created after Sheshbazzar died, of people who had settled in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-701. children of the province--that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia. came again…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 2:67

• Ass (Donkey)

In the dictionaries

• Four Hundred
• Camel
• Captivity
• Temple, the Second
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis

Commentaries on Ezra 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings