The number 245 appears in the Bible in connection with the return from the Babylonian exile, linked to practical counts of animals and people.
The number 245 is mentioned in two contexts in the historical books concerning the return from Babylon. In Ezra 2:66, it states that those who returned had 245 mules, as part of the census of their livestock and possessions. In Nehemiah 7:67, 245 singers and female singers are mentioned among those who returned. Both occurrences belong to the detailed lists of people and resources that accompanied the journey back to Judah after the exile. Although the number has no known deeper symbolic meaning, these records testify to the precise accounting that characterized the rebuilding of the Jewish community after the exile. The lists in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 are partially parallel but differ on some figures. Ezra 2:65 mentions 200 singers, male and female, while Nehemiah 7:67 gives 245. Such discrepancies may be due to different times of counting or copying errors in the transmission. The Hebrew word רָמָה (ramah, 'height' or 'high place') has a gematria value of 245 (resh=200, mem=40, he=5). The word is used among other things as a place name in the Bible.*