Ezra 2:40

40 Levitical families: Jeshua and Kadmiel (sons of Hodaviah), 74.

Ezra 2:40 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 40-42. The Levites
Singers and porters, who are reckoned in this, and the two following verses, whose numbers were no more than three hundred and forty one; whereas, in the times of David, they were 38,000, ( 1 Chronicles 23:3 ) .

Ezra 2:40 In-Context

38 Pashhur, 1,247
39 Harim, 1,017.
40 Levitical families: Jeshua and Kadmiel (sons of Hodaviah), 74.
41 Singers: Asaph's family line, 128.
42 Security guard families: Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 139.
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