congregation. assembly, convocation, or muster. Compare Ezra 2:64.
forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. This number (42,360) agrees with Ezra 2:64. Though the two lists are not identical, there is no discrepancy, but the difference shows the independence of the two accounts: Numbered in Nehemiah 7 42,360
Named in Neh. 31,089
Named in Ezra, not in Neh. 494 31,583
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Difference between names and numbers: 10,777