1 Esdras 5:39-41

Common English Bible

³⁹ When they inspected the registry and didn’t find the lineage of these men, they excluded them from the service of the priesthood. ⁴⁰ Nehemiah and Attharias told them not to share in the holy things until a high priest arrives wearing Clarity and Truth.^[a]

⁴¹ All those who were from Israel, 12 or more years old, excluding male and female servants, were 42,360; their male and female servants were 7,337; there were 245 harpists and singers.