Ezra 2:40-70

Ezra 2:40-70 AMP

The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74. The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. The sons of the gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, in all 139. The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, the sons of Keros, Siaha, Padon, the sons of Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, the sons of Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, the sons of Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, Paseah, Besai, the sons of Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim, the sons of Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, the sons of Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, the sons of Barkos, Sisera, Temah, the sons of Neziah, Hatipha. The sons of [King] Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, Hassophereth (Sophereth), Peruda, the sons of Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, the sons of Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, Ami. All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants totaled 392. Now these are the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not provide evidence of their fathers’ households and their descendants, whether they were of Israel: the sons of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652. Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, of Hakkoz, and of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was known by their name. [2 Sam 17:27, 28; 19:31-39] These searched [for their names] among those registered in the genealogies, but they were not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean. The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests’ food] until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could determine God’s will in the matter]. The whole assembly totaled 42,360, besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and [among them] they had 200 male and female singers. Their horses totaled 736; their mules, 245; their camels totaled 435; their donkeys, 6,720. Some of the heads of the fathers’ households (extended families), when they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, made voluntary contributions for the house of God to rebuild it on its [old] foundation. They gave according to their ability to the treasury for the work, 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly [linen] garments. So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their [own] cities, and all Israel [gradually settled] into their cities.

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