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Ezra 2:39-41
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezra 2:39-41
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
39 descendants of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
40 (A)The Levites: descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 The singers:[a] descendants of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
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- 2:41 The singers: the term covers the composition as well as the rendition of liturgical music. Since they are listed as distinct from Levites (2:40), they had not yet attained levitical status, as in Chronicles (e.g., 1 Chr 9:33–34; 23:3–6).
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