The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezra 02
1 Now these are the children of the
province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away,
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who
returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
2 who came withZerubbabel,Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of
Israel:
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand
one hundred seventy-two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred
seventy-five.
6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the
children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand
eight hundred twelve.
7 The children of Elam, one thousand
two hundred fifty-four.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred
forty-five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred
sixty.
10 The children of Bani, six hundred
forty-two.
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred
twenty-three.
12 The children of Azgad, one thousand
two hundred twenty-two.
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand
fifty-six.
15 The children of Adin, four hundred
fifty-four.
16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah,
ninety-eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred
twenty-three.
18 The children of Jorah, one hundred
twelve.
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred
twenty-three.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
21 The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred
twenty-eight.
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25 The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred fortythree.
26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six
hundred twenty-one.
27 The men of Michmas, one hundred
twenty-two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
30 The children of Magbish, one hundred
fifty-six.
31 The children of the other Elam, one
thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred
twenty.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono,
seven hundred twenty-five.
34 The children ofJericho, three hundred
forty-five.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred
seventy-three.
37 The children of Immer, one thousand
fifty-two.
38 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
39 The children of Harim, one thousand
seventeen.
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua
and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah,
seventy-four.
41 The singers: the children of Asaph,
one hundred twenty-eight.
42 The children of the gatekeepers: the
children of Shallum, the children of Ater,
the children of Talmon, the children of
Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children
of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
43 The temple servants: the children of
Ziha,the childrenofHasupha,the children
of Tabbaoth,
44 the children of Keros, the children of
Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 the children of Lebanah, the children
of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 the children of Hagab, the children of
Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
47 the children of Giddel, the children of
Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 the children of Uzza, the children of
Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 the children of Asnah, the children of
Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of
Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 the children of Bazluth, the children of
Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 the children of Barkos, the children of
Sisera, the children of Temah,
54 the children of Neziah, the children of
Hatipha.
55 The children of Solomon’s servants:
the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 the children of Jaalah, the children of
Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth
Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
58 All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three
hundred ninety-two.
59 These were those who went up from
Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and
Immer; but they could not show their fathers’houses and their offspring,† whether
they were of Israel:
60 the children of Delaiah, the children
of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
61 Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz,
and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife ofthe daughters of Barzillai the
Gileadite, and was called after their name.
62 These sought their place among those
who were registered by genealogy, but
they were not found; therefore they were
deemed disqualified and removed from
the priesthood.
63 The governor told them that they
should not eat of the most holy things until
a priest stood up to serve with Urim and
with Thummim.
64 The whole assembly together was
forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
65 in addition to their male servants and
their female servants, of whom there were
seven thousand three hundred thirtyseven; and they had two hundred singing
men and singing women.
66 Their horses were seven hundred
thirty-six; their mules, two hundred fortyfive;
67 their camels, four hundred thirty-five;
their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
68 Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to Yahweh’s house
which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for
God’s house to set it up in its place.
69 They gave according to their ability
into the treasury of the work sixty-one
thousand darics of gold,‡ five thousand
minas§ of silver, and one hundred priests’
garments.
70 So the priests and the Levites, with
some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived in
their cities, and all Israel in their cities.