From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
- KJV Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
- BSB and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
- NKJV also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
- NASB and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and seventy males with them.
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From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud returned with 70 men. The register of returnees concludes.
Overview
Uthai and Zabbud, with seventy males from the house of Bigvai, close the list of family heads. The completed register documents the substantial company God gathered to journey with Ezra. It stands as a lasting witness to the faith of those who returned to rebuild the life of worship in Jerusalem.
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