Cross Reference NEHEMIAH 7:26 THE MEN OF BETHLEHEM AND NETOPHAH AN HUNDRED FOURSCORE AND EIGHT

{Nehemiah 7:26} The men y582 x376 of Bethlehem 1035 and Netophah, 5199 an hundred 3967 fourscore 8084 and eight. 8083

The men:
The Septuagint reads here the same as in the parallel place, Υιοι Βαιθαλεμ, εκατον εικοσιτρεις; υιοι Ατωφα (Alex. Ανετωφα) πεντηκονταεξ; "The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty and three; the children of Netophah, fifty and six." Though this reading is not found in any Hebrew manuscript yet collated, it is doubtless the true one.

Bethlehem:
"The childrenª of Bethlehem,ª an hundredª twentyª and three.ª ... The men² ¹ of Netophah,ª fiftyª and six.ª" {Ezr 2:21-22}. 179