EzraChapter 2

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¹These are the people of the province who came back from exile. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried them away to Babylon as captives. Now they came back to Jerusalem and Judah. Each one went to his own town. ²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. Here is the count of the men of Israel: ³the family of Parosh, 2,172; ⁴the family of Shephatiah, 372; ⁵the family of Arah, 775; ⁶the family of Pahath-moab (through Jeshua and Joab), 2,812; ⁷the family of Elam, 1,254; ⁸the family of Zattu, 945; ⁹the family of Zaccai, 760; ¹⁰the family of Bani, 642; ¹¹the family of Bebai, 623; ¹²the family of Azgad, 1,222; ¹³the family of Adonikam, 666; ¹⁴the family of Bigvai, 2,056; ¹⁵the family of Adin, 454; ¹⁶the family of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98; ¹⁷the family of Bezai, 323; ¹⁸the family of Jorah, 112; ¹⁹the family of Hashum, 223; ²⁰the family of Gibbar, 95; ²¹the men of Bethlehem, 123; ²²the men of Netophah, 56; ²³the men of Anathoth, 128; ²⁴the family of Azmaveth, 42; ²⁵the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; ²⁶the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; ²⁷the men of Michmash, 122; ²⁸the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; ²⁹the family of Nebo, 52; ³⁰the family of Magbish, 156; ³¹the family of the other Elam, 1,254; ³²the family of Harim, 320; ³³the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725; ³⁴the men of Jericho, 345; ³⁵and the family of Senaah, 3,630. ³⁶The priests: the family of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua), 973; ³⁷the family of Immer, 1,052; ³⁸the family of Pashhur, 1,247; ³⁹and the family of Harim, 1,017. ⁴⁰The Levites: the family of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through Hodaviah), 74. ⁴¹The singers: the family of Asaph, 128. ⁴²The gatekeepers: the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai. There were 139 in all. ⁴³The temple servants: the families of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴Keros, Siaha, Padon, ⁴⁵Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, ⁴⁶Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, ⁴⁷Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, ⁴⁸Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, ⁴⁹Uzza, Paseah, Besai, ⁵⁰Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, ⁵¹Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, ⁵²Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, ⁵³Barkos, Sisera, Temah, ⁵⁴Neziah, and Hatipha. ⁵⁵The families of Solomon's servants: the families of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, ⁵⁶Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, ⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami. ⁵⁸The temple servants and the families of Solomon's servants came to 392 in all. ⁵⁹Some people came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. But they could not prove that their families came from Israel. Here they are: ⁶⁰the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. There were 652 in all. ⁶¹Some came from among the priests: the families of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. Barzillai had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite. He was called by that family's name. ⁶²These men looked for their family records. But they could not find them. So they were not allowed to serve as priests. They were treated as unclean. ⁶³The governor told them not to eat the most holy food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could ask God by using the Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁴The whole group added up to 42,360. ⁶⁵This did not count their 7,337 male and female servants. There were also 200 men and women singers. ⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules, ⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. ⁶⁸They came to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. Then some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings. The gifts were to build the house of God again on the same spot. ⁶⁹Each gave as much as he could to pay for the work. They gave 61,000 gold coins and about 3 tons of silver. They also gave 100 robes for the priests.a ⁷⁰So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their own towns. Some of the other people did too. All the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.