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  • Ezra 2

    List of the returnees

    2 These were the people of the province who went up from there—from among those captive exiles whom Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar had deported to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own towns. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

    The number of the people of Israel

    3 The family of Parosh2,172
    4 of Shephatiah372
    5 of Arah775
    6 of Pahath-moab, namely the family of Jeshua and Joab2,812
    7 of Elam1,254
    8 of Zattu945
    9 of Zaccai760
    10 of Bani642
    11 of Bebai623
    12 of Azgad1,222
    13 of Adonikam666
    14 of Bigvai2,056
    15 of Adin454
    16 of Ater, namely of Hezekiah98
    17 of Bezai323
    18 of Jorah112
    19 of Hashum223
    20 of Gibbar95
    21 of Bethlehem123
    22 The people of Netophah56
    23 of Anathoth128
    24 The family of Azmaveth42
    25 of Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth743
    26 of Ramah and Geba621
    27 The people of Michmash122
    28 of Bethel and Ai223
    29 The family of Nebo52
    30 of Magbish156
    31 of the other Elam1,254
    32 of Harim320
    33 of Lod, Hadid, and Ono725
    34 of Jericho345
    35 of Senaah3,630

    36 The priests

    The family of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua973
    37 of Immer1,052
    38 of Pashhur1,247
    39 of Harim1,017
    40 The Levites: the family of Jeshua and Kadmiel—the family of Hodaviah74

    41 The singers

    The family of Asaph128

    42 The family of the gatekeepers

    of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai139 in all

    43 The temple servants

    The family of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, 46 Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan, 47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai, 50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim, 51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, 54 Neziah, and Hatipha

    55 The family of Solomon’s servants

    Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, 56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.

    58 All of the temple servants and the family of Solomon’s servants 392

    Exclusions

    59 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were unable to demonstrate that their family or their descent was from Israel: 60 the family of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652

    61 and of the family of the priests: the family of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

    62 They looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they were not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim.

    Total

    64 The whole assembly together totaled 42,360, 65 not including their 7,337 male and female servants; they also had 200 male and female singers, 66 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

    Arrival in Jerusalem

    68 When they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families brought spontaneous gifts for the rebuilding of God’s house on its site. 69 According to their means, they gave to the building fund 61,000 drachmen of gold, 5,000 manehs of silver, and 100 priestly robes.

    70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their own towns, and all Israel in their towns.