⁶⁴ The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,^(A)

³ Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.^(A)

The Repentant Remnant of Israel

²⁰ On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer lean on the one who struck them but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.^{(A) 21} A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.^{(B) 22} For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, an overwhelming verdict.^(C)

⁶⁶ The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty, ⁶⁷ besides their male and female slaves, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven, and they had two hundred forty-five singers, male and female. ⁶⁸ They had seven hundred thirty-six horses, two hundred forty-five mules,^{[a] 69 [b]}four hundred thirty-five camels, and six thousand seven hundred twenty donkeys.

⁸ But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he^[a] may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.^(A)