The Exiles Who Returned

Ezra 2   

1 These 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. 2 They 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

3   Parosh’s descendants p	2,172
4   Shephatiah’s descendants	372
5   Arah’s descendants	775
6   Pahath-moab’s descendants:
Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants	2,812
7   Elam’s descendants	1,254
8   Zattu’s descendants	945
9   Zaccai’s descendants	760
10   Bani’s descendants	642
11   Bebai’s descendants	623
12   Azgad’s descendants	1,222
13   Adonikam’s descendants q	666
14   Bigvai’s descendants	2,056
15   Adin’s descendants	454
16   Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah	98
17   Bezai’s descendants	323
18   Jorah’s descendants	112
19   Hashum’s descendants	223
20   Gibbar’s descendants	95
21   Bethlehem’s r people	123
22   Netophah’s men	56
23   Anathoth’s men	128
24   Azmaveth’s people	42
25   Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people	743
26   Ramah’s s and Geba’s people	621
27   Michmas’s men	122
28   Bethel’s and Ai’s t men	223
29   Nebo’s people	52
30   Magbish’s people	156
31   the other Elam’s people	1,254
32   Harim’s people	320
33   Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people	725
34   Jericho’s u people	345
35   Senaah’s people 36 The priests included	3,630
Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua	973
37   Immer’s descendants	1,052
38   Pashhur’s descendants	1,247
39   and Harim’s descendants	1,017
40 The Levites included
Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants
from Hodaviah’s descendants	74
41 The singers included
Asaph’s v descendants	128
42 The gatekeepers’ w descendants included
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all	139

43 The temple servants x included

Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,

Tabbaoth’s descendants, 44 Keros’s descendants,

Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

45   Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,

Akkub’s descendants, 46 Hagab’s descendants,

Shalmai’s E descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

47   Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

Reaiah’s descendants, 48 Rezin’s descendants,

Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

49   Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

Besai’s descendants, 50 Asnah’s descendants,

Meunim’s F descendants, Nephusim’s G descendants,

51   Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,

Harhur’s descendants, 52 Bazluth’s descendants,

Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

53   Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,

Temah’s descendants, 54 Neziah’s descendants,

and Hatipha’s descendants.

55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants y included

Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants,

Peruda’s descendants, 56 Jaalah’s descendants,

Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

57   Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,

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

58   All the temple servants

and the descendants of Solomon’s servants

392.

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

60   Delaiah’s descendants,

Tobiah’s descendants,

Nekoda’s descendants

652

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

64   The whole combined assembly numbered

42,360

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

and their 200 male and female singers. b

66   They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

67   435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Gifts for the Work

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