Ezra 2
1 These are the people of the province who came up from captivity, those whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
2 They came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 The descendants of Parosh: 2,172.
4 The descendants of Shephatiah: 372.
5 The descendants of Arah: 775.
6 The descendants of Pahath-moab, through the descendants of Jeshua and Joab: 2,812.
7 The descendants of Elam: 1,254.
8 The descendants of Zattu: 945.
9 The descendants of Zaccai: 760.
10 The descendants of Bani: 642.
11 The descendants of Bebai: 623.
12 The descendants of Azgad: 1,222.
13 The descendants of Adonikam: 666.
14 The descendants of Bigvai: 2,056.
15 The descendants of Adin: 454.
16 The descendants of Ater, through Hezekiah: 98.
17 The descendants of Bezai: 323.
18 The descendants of Jorah: 112.
19 The descendants of Hashum: 223.
20 The descendants of Gibbar: 95.
21 The descendants of Bethlehem: 123.
22 The men of Netophah: 56.
23 The men of Anathoth: 128.
24 The descendants of Azmaveth: 42.
25 The descendants of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: 743.
26 The descendants of Ramah and Geba: 621.
27 The men of Michmas: 122.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai: 223.
29 The descendants of Nebo: 52.
30 The descendants of Magbish: 156.
31 The descendants of the other Elam: 1,254.
32 The descendants of Harim: 320.
33 The descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725.
34 The descendants of Jericho: 345.
35 The descendants of Senaah: 3,630.
36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah from the house of Jeshua: 973.
37 The descendants of Immer: 1,052.
38 The descendants of Pashhur: 1,247.
39 The descendants of Harim: 1,017.
40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, through the descendants of Hodaviah: 74.
41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.
42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai—in all, 139.
43 The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth.
44 The descendants of Keros, Siaha, and Padon.
45 The descendants of Lebanah, Hagabah, and Akkub.
46 The descendants of Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan.
47 The descendants of Giddel, Gahar, and Reaiah.
48 The descendants of Rezin, Nekoda, and Gazzam.
49 The descendants of Uzza, Paseah, and Besai.
50 The descendants of Asnah, Meunim, and Nephusim.
51 The descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur.
52 The descendants of Bazluth, Mehida, and Harsha.
53 The descendants of Barkos, Sisera, and Temah.
54 The descendants of Neziah and Hatipha.
55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants: the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, and Peruda.
56 The descendants of Jaala, Darkon, and Giddel.
57 The descendants of Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.
58 All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants: 392.
59 These were the people who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. They could not establish their ancestral family or their descent, or whether they were Israelites:
60 The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda: 652.
61 Among the descendants of the priests were the descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—the man who married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and took their name.
62 They searched for their genealogical records, but none could be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
63 The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could arise with the Urim and Thummim.
64 The whole assembly together numbered 42,360,
65 not counting their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337; they also had 200 male and female singers.
66 Their horses numbered 736, and their mules 245.
67 Their camels numbered 435, and their donkeys 6,720.
68 When some of the family heads arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, they made freewill offerings for the house of God, to rebuild it on its site.
69 According to their means, they gave to the treasury for the work: 61,000 gold drachmas, 5,000 silver minas, and 100 priestly robes.
70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their towns, and all the rest of Israel settled in their towns.
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