The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
The whole congregation gathered together numbered forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty returned Israelites. This total stands as part of the record of the number of the Jews made after the wall was completed in 444 B.C.
The same total of 42,360 is reported in Ezra 2:64. The two accounts differ by forty-five in the count of the singing women, with one giving a rounded figure and the other giving the exact number. The separate listed items do not add up to the total, probably because others from other tribes who could not trace their genealogy were included in it.
The whole congregation gathered together numbered forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty returned Israelites. This total stands as part of the record of the number of the Jews made after the wall was completed in 444 B.C.
The same total of 42,360 is reported in Ezra 2:64. The two accounts differ by forty-five in the count of the singing women, with one giving a rounded figure and the other giving the exact number. The separate listed items do not add up to the total, probably because others from other tribes who could not trace their genealogy were included in it.