Ezra 2:64 Meaning and Explanation
“The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Ezra 2:64 Mean?
The chapter sums the entire company: forty-two thousand three hundred sixty, gathered into one congregation. The grand total draws every household, town, and order of servants into a single number before God.
What began as scattered families and villages is now one people, counted together as a worshiping body. The word 'congregation' frames them not merely as returnees but as an assembly before the Lord. From the ruins of exile, God has reconstituted a whole nation, ready to rebuild His house and renew His worship.
Ezra 2:64 in the Original Language
qahal (קָהָל), 'congregation' or 'assembly' -- the gathered community of God's people, called together for worship.
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What does Ezra 2:64 mean?
The total assembly of returnees is given as forty-two thousand three hundred sixty.