# Connecting Statement:

Nehemiah is continuing to recount the number of people who returned from exile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])

# Sotai ... Sophereth ... Perida

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# Sophereth

This is the name of a man who is called Hassophereth in Ezra 2:55.

# Perida

This is the name of a man who is also called Peruda in Ezra 2:55.