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Nehemiah 7:65-67
New English Translation
Nehemiah 7:65-67
New English Translation
65 The governor[a] instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult[b] the Urim and Thummim.
66 The entire group numbered 42,360— 67 not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers.
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- Nehemiah 7:65 tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshataʾ; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.
- Nehemiah 7:65 tn Heb “stood.”
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