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65 The governor told them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose with [a]Urim and Thummim [to determine God’s will in the matter].

Total of People and Gifts

66 The entire assembly together was 42,360, 67 besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:65 Special objects placed in the sacred breastplate (ephod) of the high priest. What they were and how they were used to determine the divine will is unknown.

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