Ezra 2

The list of the exiles who returned

1Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town, 2in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah):

The list of the men of the people of Israel:

3the descendants of
Parosh	2,172
4Shephatiah	372
5Arah	775
6Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)	2,812
7Elam	1,254
8Zattu	945
9Zakkai	760
10Bani	642
11Bebai	623
12Azgad	1,222
13Adonikam	666
14Bigvai	2,056
15Adin	454
16Ater (through Hezekiah)	98
17Bezai	323
18Jorah	112
19Hashum	223
20Gibbar	95
21the men of
Bethlehem	123
22Netophah	56
23Anathoth	128
24Azmaveth	42
25Kiriath Jearim,#2:25 See Septuagint (see also Neh. 7:29); Hebrew Kiriath Arim.Kephirah and Beeroth	743
26Ramah and Geba	621
27Mikmash	122
28Bethel and Ai	223
29Nebo	52
30Magbish	156
31the other Elam	1,254
32Harim	320
33Lod, Hadid and Ono	725
34Jericho	345
35Senaah	3,630

36The priests:

the descendants of
Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua)	973
37Immer	1,052
38Pashhur	1,247
39Harim	1,017

40The Levites:

the descendants of
Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah)	74

41The musicians:

the descendants of
Asaph	128

42The gatekeepers of the temple:

the descendants of
Shallum, Ater, Talmon,
Akkub, Hatita and Shobai	139

43The temple servants:

the descendants of

Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

44Keros, Siaha, Padon,

45Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

46Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

47Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

48Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

49Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

50Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim,

51Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

52Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

53Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

54Neziah and Hatipha

55The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
57Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
58The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon	392

59The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

60The descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda	652

61And from among the priests:

The descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

62These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

64The whole company numbered 42,360, 65besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

68When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings towards the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. 69According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics#2:69 That is, about 500 kilograms of gold, 5,000 minas#2:69 That is, about 2.8 metric tons of silver and 100 priestly garments.

70The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

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