Ezra 2

The List of Returned Exiles

2Now these were the people^a of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. ²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: ³the descendants^b of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two; ⁴the descendants^c of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two; ⁵the descendants^d of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five; ⁶the descendants^e of Pahath-moab, particularly the descendants^f of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve; ⁷the descendants^g of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; ⁸the descendants^h of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; ⁹the descendantsⁱ of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; ¹⁰the descendants^j of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; ¹¹the descendants^k of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three; ¹²the descendants^l of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two; ¹³the descendants^m of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six; ¹⁴the descendantsⁿ of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six; ¹⁵the descendants^o of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; ¹⁶the descendants^p of Ater, particularly of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; ¹⁷the descendants^q of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; ¹⁸the descendants^r of Jorah, one hundred and twelve; ¹⁹the descendants^s of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three; ²⁰the descendants^t of Gibbar, ninety-five; ²¹the people^u of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three; ²²the men of Netophah, fifty-six; ²³the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; ²⁴the people^v of Azmaveth, forty-two; ²⁵the people^w of Kiriath Αrim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three; ²⁶the people^x of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one; ²⁷the men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two; ²⁸the men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three; ²⁹the people^y of Nebo, fifty-two; ³⁰the people^z of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six; ³¹the people^a of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; ³²the people^b of Harim, three hundred and twenty; ³³the people^c of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five; ³⁴the people^d of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; ³⁵the people^e of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.

³⁶The priests: the descendants^f of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; ³⁷the descendants^g of Immer, one thousand fifty-two; ³⁸the descendants^h of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; ³⁹the descendantsⁱ of Harim, one thousand seventeen.

⁴⁰The Levites: the descendants^j of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants^k of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

⁴¹The singers: the descendants^l of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.

⁴²The descendants^m of the gatekeepers: the descendantsⁿ of Shallum, the descendants^o of Ater, the descendants^p of Talmon, the descendants^q of Akkub, the descendants^r of Hatita, and the descendants^s of Shobai; in total one hundred and thirty-nine.

⁴³The temple servants: the descendants^t of Ziha, the descendants^u of Hasupha, the descendants^v of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴the descendants^w of Keros, the descendants^x of Siaha, the descendants^y of Padon, ⁴⁵the descendants^z of Lebanah, the descendants^a of Hagabah, the descendants^b of Akkub, ⁴⁶the descendants^c of Hagab, the descendants^d of Shamlai, the descendants^e of Hanan, ⁴⁷the descendants^f of Giddel, the descendants^g of Gahar, the descendants^h of Reaiah, ⁴⁸the descendantsⁱ of Rezin, the descendants^j of Nekoda, the descendants^k of Gazzam, ⁴⁹the descendants^l of Uzza, the descendants^m of Paseah, the descendantsⁿ of Besai, ⁵⁰the descendants^o of Asnah, the descendants^p of Meunim, the descendants^q of Nephisim, ⁵¹the descendants^r of Bakbuk, the descendants^s of Hakupha, the descendants^t of Harhur, ⁵²the descendants^u of Bazluth, the descendants^v of Mehida, the descendants^w of Harsha, ⁵³the descendants^x of Barkos, the descendants^y of Sisera, the descendants^z of Temah, ⁵⁴the descendants^a of Neziah, and the descendants^b of Hatipha.

⁵⁵The descendants^c of Solomon’s servants: the descendants^d of Sotai, the descendants^e of Hassophereth, the descendants^f of Peruda, ⁵⁶the descendants^g of Jaalah, the descendants^h of Darkon, the descendantsⁱ of Giddel, ⁵⁷the descendants^j of Shephatiah, the descendants^k of Hattil, the descendants^l of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants^m of Ami.

⁵⁸All the temple servants and the descendantsⁿ of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

⁵⁹Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers’ household and their descent, if they were from Israel: ⁶⁰the descendants^o of Delaiah, the descendants^p of Tobiah, and the descendants^q of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two. ⁶¹And from the descendants^r of the priests: the descendants^s of Habaiah, the descendants^t of Hakkoz, and the descendants^u of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name). ⁶²These sought their record in the genealogy records, but they were not found, and were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.^{v 63}The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary^w until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁵apart from their male and female servants, of whom were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers. ⁶⁶Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules numbered two hundred and forty-five, ⁶⁷their camels numbered four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys numbered six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Gifts Given for Temple Work

⁶⁸When some of the heads of families^x came to the house of Yahweh that is in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place. ⁶⁹According to their ability they gave to the treasury room for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly tunics.

⁷⁰The priests, the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.