Nehemiah 7:66

Total of People and Gifts

66 The whole assembly together was 42,360 * * * * *,

Nehemiah 7:66 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:66

(See Gill on Nehemiah 7:6).

Nehemiah 7:66 In-Context

64 These searched among their ancestral registration , but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.
65 The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole assembly together was 42,360 ,
67 besides their male and their female servants , of whom there were 7,337 ; and they had 245 male and female singers.
68 Their horses were 736 ; their mules, 245 ;
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