Ezra 2:64

2:64 The entire group numbered 42,360, ¹ 

Ezra 6:20

6:20 The priests and the Levites had purified themselves, every last one, ²  and they all were ceremonially pure. They sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their colleagues ³  the priests, and for themselves.

Ezra 3:9

3:9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, ⁴  Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah ⁵ ), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives ⁶  the Levites.

[2:64]  ¹ sn The same total is given in Neh 7:66, but it is difficult to understand how this number is reached, since the numbers of people listed in the constituent groups do not add up to 42,360. The list in vv. 3-60 apparently is not intended to be exhaustive, but the basis of the selectivity is unclear.

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “as one.” The expression is best understood as referring to the unity shown by the religious leaders in preparing themselves for the observance of Passover. On the meaning of the Hebrew phrase see DCH 1:182 s.v. אֶחָד 3b. See also HALOT 30 s.v. אֶחָד 5.

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:9]  ⁴ sn The name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah; cf. KJV, ASV, NASB “Judah”) is probably a variant of Hodaviah (see Ezra 2:40; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”