New American Standard Bible 1995
Ezra 2:65
65besides their male and female servants 1who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 2singing men and women.
Ezra 2:65 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
Context of Ezra 2:65
63The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim. 64The whole assembly numbered 42,360, besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women. 66Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; 67their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.
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מִ֠לְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה וְלָהֶ֛ם מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת מָאתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
- besidesמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
- besidesבַּדbad · alone: besidesH905
- their maleעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- and femaleאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
- whoאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- numbered 7,337שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- numbered 7,337אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- numbered 7,337שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- numbered 7,337מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- numbered 7,337שְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
- singingשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
Cross-references for Ezra 2:65
- Isaiah 14:1When the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- Nehemiah 7:67besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.
- Psalms 68:25The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
- Psalms 148:12Both young men and virgins; Old men and children.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men--many concubines.
- Jeremiah 9:17Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come!
- Jeremiah 9:18Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.
- Matthew 9:23When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
Commentaries on Ezra 2:65
- 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. 64-6642,360: This number might include children, as it does not match the 28,774 people listed in Ezra 2:3–42. The large number of servants and animals indicates that some of the Jews who returned were wealthy.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
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Notes
- 1. Ezra 2:65 Lit they were ↩
- 2. Ezra 2:65 2 Chr 35:25 ↩
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
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