How many were the children of Zattu?
(a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)
(b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)
2007-01-06 14:08:46 · 8 answers · asked by Ali 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fish..In the King James Version it is Children of Zattu in both verses,however new international version is what you quote..
2007-01-09 17:07:10 · update #1
apparently somewhere between 845 and 945. the bible is often contradicting itslef, so say around 900 and you won't piss any bible lovers off too much.
2007-01-06 14:11:38 · answer #1 · answered by Always Question 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The main meaning of the word translated as children (bane) is son. More specificaly this refers to one who carries on the family. This count would not include women nor children (ironicly). It is very likely that the cause of difference is that the standards of who is man and who is child was different between the two writters. While in modern jewish customes, the right of passage to adulthood is at a set age, at that time it was not the case.
The importance is not the exact number of people who returned from exile, it is that people returned at all.
2007-01-07 00:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by BoranJarami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The source I have says that it was probably scribal error. As you say that you are a Bible student, the becomes important to weigh the value of the error that has been known and discovered by Bible scholars years ago. What we prove here is that the Bible is not the "Inerrant word of God" that many fundies claim, but it is a group of books written over different periods of time by different authors and copied many times over.
I am a Christian who does not believe what the fundies say, and I still know that Jesus is the Lord with overwhelming confidence.
2007-01-06 22:29:24 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't know how many.
Ezra was counting backwards toward those coming from Babylon.
Nehemiah was counting forwards to those who could live in Jerusalem.
The territory covered, based on town list, is different.
One most likely contains Samaritans and the other doesn't.
2007-01-07 00:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For fools only, Nine hundred and fourty-five the people of Zattu. Eight hundred and fourty-five the sons of Zattu. Read it again. No apology needed.
2007-01-06 22:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
easy
This portion corresponce with ezra1 5-,,2 70.
This portion was written after the temple was rebuilt.
2007-01-06 22:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-06 22:11:17 · answer #7 · answered by Gaby 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what!?!?
2007-01-06 22:12:11 · answer #8 · answered by bballer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋