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Ezra 2:67
67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
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
65in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women. 66They took with them 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 68When they arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God’s Temple on its original site, 69and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
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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
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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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