Ezra 2:40

40 The Levi’im; the Bnei Yeshua and Kadmiel, of the Bnei Hodavyah, 74.

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 Bnei Pashchur, 1,247.

39 The Bnei Charim, 1,017.

40 The Levi’im; the Bnei Yeshua and Kadmiel, of the Bnei Hodavyah, 74.

41 The singers; the Bnei Asaph, 128.

42 The children of the gatekeepers; the Bnei Shallum, the Bnei Ater, the Bnei Talmon, the Bnei Akuv, the Bnei Chatita, the Bnei Shovai; in all 139.