Ezra 2:65

65 besides their slaves and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and there were among them two hundred men and women who were singers.

Ezra 2:65 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 2:65

Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were
seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven
This shows that the greater part of those that returned were of the poorer sort, since there were so few servants that belonged unto them; these came not into the above account:

and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women;
among the servants, who were kept by persons of figure for their pleasure and recreation, see ( Ecclesiastes 2:8 ) , for that these were such as were employed in sacred service is not so clear, especially the latter, though some conclude it from ( 1 Chronicles 25:5 1 Chronicles 25:6 ) , but rather they were such as were employed at marriages, festivals, and funerals; though Jarchi thinks they were employed by the returning captives, to make them cheerful as they travelled along, (See Gill on Isaiah 55:12).

Ezra 2:65 In-Context

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

64 The whole congregation united as one man was forty-two thousand three hundred and seventy,

65 besides their slaves and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and there were among them two hundred men and women who were singers.

66 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;

67 their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.