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Ezra 2:65
65besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.
Context of Ezra 2:65
63The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. 64The whole company numbered 42,360, besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
Read all of Ezra 2Ezra 2:65 word by word
מִ֠לְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה וְלָהֶ֛ם מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת מָאתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Beside their servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- and their maidsאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
- there wereאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- singing menשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
Cross-references for Ezra 2:65
- Isaiah 14:1The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- Nehemiah 7:67besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers.
- Psalms 68:25In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
- Psalms 148:12young men and women, old men and children.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well—the delights of a man’s heart.
- Jeremiah 9:17This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them.
- Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.
- Matthew 9:23When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,
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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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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