Nehemiah 7:66

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Nehemiah records the census of the returned exiles immediately after listing the leadership and before detailing the household servants and singers.

The words — קָהָל (qa.hal) means assembly, and אַלְפַּיִם (al.paiyim) means two thousand, structuring the total as four ten-thousands, two thousands, and three hundreds.

The thread — Ezra 2:64 records the identical figure of 42,360 for the first return under Zerubbabel.

Why it lands — The text states the exact headcount of the returned community, which establishes the documented scale of the restoration.

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The Hebrew words

כָּל־kol-all הַקָּהָ֖לha./ka.Halthe/ assembly כְּאֶחָ֑דke./'e.Chadas/ one אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'four רִבּ֔וֹאri.Bo'ten thousand אַלְפַּ֖יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousand שְׁלֹשׁ־she.losh-three מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ve./shi.Shimand/ sixty

King James Version

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Cross-references

Ezra 2:64 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,