Ezra 2:1–70

THE EXILES WHO RETURNED

2These^k now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon^C had deported to Babylon.^l They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. ²They came with Zerubbabel,^m Jeshua,ⁿ Nehemiah, Seraiah,^o Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included^D

³Parosh’s descendants^p

2,172

⁴Shephatiah’s descendants

372

⁵Arah’s descendants

775

⁶Pahath-moab’s descendants:

Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants

2,812

⁷Elam’s descendants

1,254

⁸Zattu’s descendants

945

⁹Zaccai’s descendants

760

¹⁰Bani’s descendants

642

¹¹Bebai’s descendants

623

¹²Azgad’s descendants

1,222

¹³Adonikam’s descendants^q

666

¹⁴Bigvai’s descendants

2,056

¹⁵Adin’s descendants

454

¹⁶Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah

98

¹⁷Bezai’s descendants

323

¹⁸Jorah’s descendants

112

¹⁹Hashum’s descendants

223

²⁰Gibbar’s descendants

95

²¹Bethlehem’s^r people

123

²²Netophah’s men

56

²³Anathoth’s men

128

²⁴Azmaveth’s people

42

²⁵Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people

743

²⁶Ramah’s^s and Geba’s people

621

²⁷Michmas’s men

122

²⁸Bethel’s and Ai’s^t men

223

²⁹Nebo’s people

52

³⁰Magbish’s people

156

³¹the other Elam’s people

1,254

³²Harim’s people

320

³³Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people

725

³⁴Jericho’s^u people

345

³⁵Senaah’s people

3,630

³⁶The priests included

Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua

973

³⁷Immer’s descendants

1,052

³⁸Pashhur’s descendants

1,247

³⁹and Harim’s descendants

1,017

⁴⁰The Levites included

Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants

from Hodaviah’s descendants

74

⁴¹The singers included Asaph’s^a descendants

128

⁴²The gatekeepers’^b descendants included

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,

Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,

Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all

139

⁴³The temple servants^c included

Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,

Tabbaoth’s descendants, ⁴⁴Keros’s descendants,

Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

⁴⁵Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,

Akkub’s descendants, ⁴⁶Hagab’s descendants,

Shalmai’s^A descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

⁴⁷Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

Reaiah’s descendants, ⁴⁸Rezin’s descendants,

Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

⁴⁹Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

Besai’s descendants, ⁵⁰Asnah’s descendants,

Meunim’s^B descendants, Nephusim’s^C descendants,

⁵¹Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,

Harhur’s descendants, ⁵²Bazluth’s descendants,

Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

⁵³Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,

Temah’s descendants, ⁵⁴Neziah’s descendants,

and Hatipha’s descendants.

⁵⁵The descendants of Solomon’s servants^d included

Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants,

Peruda’s descendants, ⁵⁶Jaalah’s descendants,

Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

⁵⁷Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,

Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.

⁵⁸All the temple servants

and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.

392.

⁵⁹The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral families^A and their lineage were Israelite:

⁶⁰Delaiah’s descendants,

Tobiah’s descendants,

Nekoda’s descendants

652

⁶¹and 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. ⁶²These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. ⁶³The governor^e ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.^f

⁶⁴The whole combined assembly numbered

42,360

⁶⁵not including their 7,337 male and female servants,

and their 200 male and female singers.^g

⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

GIFTS FOR THE WORK

⁶⁸After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings^h for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site. ⁶⁹Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins,^B 6,250 pounds^C of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury^a for the project. ⁷⁰The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.^b