# Ezra 2.65 **Book:** [Ezra](/codex/ezra/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 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; 67. their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. (Ezra 2:63-67, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 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; 67. their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty. (Ezra 2:63-67, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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; 67. Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. (Ezra 2:63-67, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 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, 67. their camels, four hundred thirty and five, asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. (Ezra 2:63-67, 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 - [H5650 - ebed](/codex/h5650-ebed/), *ebed* (Strong's H5650). Also appears in: [Genesis 9.26](/codex/genesis-9-26/), [Genesis 12](/codex/genesis-12/), [Genesis 18.1-15](/codex/genesis-18-1-15/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/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. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Isaiah 14 Reverse Slavery Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/isaiah-14-reverse-slavery-prophecy-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [Black Hebrew Israelite Doctrine](/codex/black-hebrew-israelite-doctrine/)