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Ezra 2:63-65
New English Translation
Ezra 2:63-65
New English Translation
63 The governor[a] instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult[b] the Urim and Thummim.[c]
64 The entire group numbered 42,360,[d] 65 not counting[e] their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers
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- Ezra 2:63 tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshataʾ) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).
- Ezra 2:63 tn Heb “to stand.”
- Ezra 2:63 sn The Urim and Thummim were two objects used to determine God’s will; there is no clear evidence of their size or shape, or the material from which they were made.
- Ezra 2:64 sn The same total is given in Neh 7:66, but the numbers of people listed do not add up to this total; the list in vv. 3-60 is apparently selective, but it is not clear what the basis of the selectivity is.
- Ezra 2:65 tn Heb “besides” or “in addition to.”
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