Ezra 2:40

40 The Levites: the children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four.

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 The children of Pheshur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven.
39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites: the children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four.
41 The singing men: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight.
42 The children of the porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: in all a hundred thirty-nine.
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