Passage
Ezra 2.64
Book: Ezra · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV (ASV)
"62. These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. 63. And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim."
"64. The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,"
"65. besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. 66. Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;" (Ezra 2:62-66, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
"62. These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood. 63. The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim."
"64. The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,"
"65. besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. 66. Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;" (Ezra 2:62-66, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
"62. These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. were they: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood 63. And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. Tirshatha: or, governor"
"64. The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,"
"65. 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. 66. Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;" (Ezra 2:62-66, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
"62. these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, 63. and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim."
"64. All the assembly together [is] four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty,"
"65. apart from their servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them [are] singers and songstresses two hundred. 66. Their horses [are] seven hundred thirty and six, their mules, two hundred forty and five," (Ezra 2:62-66, YLT)
Setting
- Speaker: Ezra (1st-person sections) + narrator
- Audience: post-exilic Jewish community
- Location: Jerusalem post-exile
- Time period: events c. 538-440 BC; composed c. 450-400 BC
Theological reading
Key words
- H0259 - echad, echad (Strong's H259). Also appears in: Genesis 2.24, Genesis 3, Genesis 10.25.
Why these four translations
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The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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