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65 (A)The Jewish governor told them that they could not eat the food offered to God until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim.[a]

66-69 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360.

  • Their male and female servants - 7,337
  • Male and female musicians - 245
  • Horses - 736
  • Mules - 245
  • Camels - 435
  • Donkeys - 6,720
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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:65 Two objects used by the priest to determine God's will; it is not known precisely how they were used.

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