Nehemiah 7:66

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

Nehemiah 7:66 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:66

(See Gill on Nehemiah 7:6).

Nehemiah 7:66 In-Context

64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore, were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

65 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.

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

67 not counting their menslaves and their maidslaves, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.

68 Their horses, seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five: