Ezra 2:66

66 and they had 736 horses, 245 mules,

Ezra 2:66 Meaning and Commentary

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 F3.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ed. of Sixtus V. and the Lovain in James's Contrariety of Popish Bibles, p. 295.

Ezra 2:66 In-Context

64 The total count for the congregation was 42,360.
65 That did not include the male and female slaves, which numbered 7,337. There were also 200 male and female singers,
66 and they had 736 horses, 245 mules,
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68 Some of the heads of families, on arriving at The Temple of God in Jerusalem, made Freewill-Offerings toward the rebuilding of The Temple of God on its site.
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