The number of descendants of Bigvai according to Nehemiah 7:19
The number 2067 appears in Nehemiah 7:19, where it indicates the number of descendants of Bigvai who returned from the Babylonian exile. Bigvai was one of the leaders who accompanied Zerubbabel back to the land of Judah after the exile. The counting of returning families and clans is a central part of the books of Ezra-Nehemiah, where the precise registration of the people's composition served to confirm the community's identity and continuity with pre-exilic Israel. Beyond this specific census occurrence, the number 2067 has no known independent symbolic meaning in biblical or Jewish tradition. In the parallel list in Ezra 2:14, Bigvai's descendants are given as 2056, not 2067. Such numerical discrepancies between Ezra and Nehemiah are a known textual-critical phenomenon and may be due to scribal errors, different counting times, or different manuscript traditions. Bigvai is mentioned among the leading figures who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7), and the name also appears among those who sealed the covenant in Nehemiah 10:16. The name is possibly of Persian origin and may mean "happy" or "fortunate".*