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63 Consequently the governor[a] ordered them not to partake of the most sacred food until a priest arrived to consult the Urim and the Thummim.

64 The entire assemblage numbered forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty people, 65 apart from their male and female slaves, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven, not including two hundred male and female singers.

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  1. Ezra 2:63 Governor: Sheshbazzar; see Ezr 1:8.