Ezra 2

Ezra 2:1 These are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.

Ezra 2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelite men included

Ezra 2:3 Parosh’s descendants: 2,172.

Ezra 2:4 Shephatiah’s descendants: 372.

Ezra 2:5 Arah’s descendants: 775.

Ezra 2:6 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812.

Ezra 2:7 Elam’s descendants: 1,254.

Ezra 2:8 Zattu’s descendants: 945.

Ezra 2:9 Zaccai’s descendants: 760.

Ezra 2:10 Bani’s descendants: 642.

Ezra 2:11 Bebai’s descendants: 623.

Ezra 2:12 Azgad’s descendants: 1,222.

Ezra 2:13 Adonikam’s descendants: 666.

Ezra 2:14 Bigvai’s descendants: 2,056.

Ezra 2:15 Adin’s descendants: 454.

Ezra 2:16 Ater’s descendants of Hezekiah: 98.

Ezra 2:17 Bezai’s descendants: 323.

Ezra 2:18 Jorah’s descendants: 112.

Ezra 2:19 Hashum’s descendants: 223.

Ezra 2:20 Gibbar’s descendants: 95.

Ezra 2:21 Bethlehem’s people: 123.

Ezra 2:22 Netophah’s men: 56.

Ezra 2:23 Anathoth’s men: 128.

Ezra 2:24 Azmaveth’s people: 42.

Ezra 2:25 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people: 743.

Ezra 2:26 Ramah’s and Geba’s people: 621.

Ezra 2:27 Michmas’s men: 122.

Ezra 2:28 Bethel’s and Ai’s men: 223.

Ezra 2:29 Nebo’s people: 52.

Ezra 2:30 Magbish’s people: 156.

Ezra 2:31 the other Elam’s people: 1,254.

Ezra 2:32 Harim’s people: 320.

Ezra 2:33 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people: 725.

Ezra 2:34 Jericho’s people: 345.

Ezra 2:35 Senaah’s people: 3,630.

Ezra 2:36 The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua: 973.

Ezra 2:37 Immer’s descendants: 1,052.

Ezra 2:38 Pashhur’s descendants: 1,247.

Ezra 2:39 and Harim’s descendants: 1,017.

Ezra 2:40 The Levites included Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants: 74.

Ezra 2:41 The singers included Asaph’s descendants: 128.

Ezra 2:42 The gatekeepers’ descendants included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, and Shobai’s descendants: in all 139.

Ezra 2:43 The temple servants included Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,

Ezra 2:44 Keros’s descendants, Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

Ezra 2:45 Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,

Ezra 2:46 Hagab’s descendants, Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

Ezra 2:47 Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants, Reaiah’s descendants,

Ezra 2:48 Rezin’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

Ezra 2:49 Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants, Besai’s descendants,

Ezra 2:50 Asnah’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,

Ezra 2:51 Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,

Ezra 2:52 Bazluth’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

Ezra 2:53 Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,

Ezra 2:54 Neziah’s descendants, and Hatipha’s descendants.

Ezra 2:55 The descendants of Solomon’s slaves[1] included Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,

Ezra 2:56 Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

Ezra 2:57 Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.

Ezra 2:58 All the temple slaves and the descendants of Solomon’s slaves: 392.

Ezra 2:59 The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral houses and their seed[2] were Israelite:

Ezra 2:60 Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants: 652

Ezra 2:61 and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai– who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name.[3]

Ezra 2:62 These searched for their entries in the genealogical records but could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Ezra 2:63 The governor ordered them not to consume[4] the most sacred[5] things until a priest could consult the Lights[6] and Darks.[7]

Ezra 2:64 The whole combined congregation[8] numbered 42,360,

Ezra 2:65 which did not include their 7,337 male and female slaves[9] and 200 male and female singers.

Ezra 2:66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

Ezra 2:67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

Ezra 2:68 After they arrived at Yahveh’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads donated money to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

Ezra 2:69 Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.

Ezra 2:70 The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.

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[1] עֶבֶד = slave. Ezra 2:55, 58, 65; 9:9, 11.

[2] זֶרָע = seed. Ezra 2:59; 9:2.

[3] קָרָא = invite, cry out, convene, name. Ezra 2:61; 8:21.

[4] אָכַל = consume. Ezra 2:63; 6:21; 9:12; 10:6.

[5] קֹדֶשׁ = sacred. Ezra 2:63; 8:28; 9:2, 8.

[6] אוּרִים = lights. Ezra 2:63.

[7] תֻּמִּים = darks. Ezra 2:63.

[8] קָהָל = congregation. Ezra 2:64; 10:1, 8, 12, 14.

[9] אָמָה = female slave. Ezra 2:65.

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