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Nehemiah 7:66

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What does Nehemiah 7:66 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Nehemiah 7:66 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
63And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
64These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
65And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
66The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
67besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
68Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
69[their] camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“7:66 The total number 42,360 agrees with Ezra 2:64, but the numbers for the families listed total only 31,089. The individual numbers for each family might not include young children, or the list might simply be incomplete.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Ezr 2:64 Nehemiah 7:67”
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