Ezra 2:65
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Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
In other translations
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Hebrew words
מִלְּבַדmilevad<from> <to> besidesH905עַבְדֵיהֶם'avdeihem[male] servants theirH5650וְאַמְהֹתֵיהֶםve'amhoteihemand female servants theirH519אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428שִׁבְעַתshiv'at[were] sevenH7651אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505שְׁלֹשׁsheloshthreeH7969מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967שְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshimthirtyH7970וְשִׁבְעָהveshiv'ahand sevenH7651וְלָהֶםvelahemand [belonged] to themמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorerimmale singersH7891וּמְשֹׁרְרוֹתumeshorerotand female singersH7891מָאתָיִם׃matayimtwo hundredH3967
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- Psalm 68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Psalm 148:12-1312 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.12 young men and maidens, old and young together. 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
- Nehemiah 7:67Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
- Isaiah 14:1-21 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. 2 The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- Exodus 15:20-2120 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- Matthew 9:23And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
- Jeremiah 9:17-1817 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. 18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
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