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John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 2:65
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven, etc.] This shows that the greater part of those that returned were of the poorer sort, since there were so few servants that belonged unto them; these came not into the above account: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women; among the servants, who were kept by persons of figure for their pleasure and recreation, (see <210208>Ecclesiastes 2:8), for that these were such as were employed in sacred service is not so clear, especially the latter, though some conclude it from (<132505>1 Chronicles 25:5,6), but rather they were such as were employed at marriages, festivals, and funerals; though Jarchi thinks they were employed by the returning captives, to make them cheerful as they travelled along, (see Gill on “<235512>Isaiah 55:12”). Ver. 66,67 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six, their mules two hundred forty and five, their camels four hundred thirty and five, [their] asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.] So that the far greatest part of them must walk on foot, since these can be thought to be little more than sufficient to carry their goods or baggage; some copies of the Vulgate Latin read six hundred and thirty six horses f27.
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