KJV ORIGINAL
The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The men from the towns of Ramah and Gaba numbered 621.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 621 men from the towns of Ramah and Gaba returned from exile in Babylon.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Nehemiah's detailed census of the Jewish exiles who returned from Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem around 538-445 BC. Ramah and Gaba were small towns in the territory of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, that had been destroyed or abandoned during the Babylonian conquest. The careful recording of these numbers shows how important it was to document every family and community that came back to restore their homeland.
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