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Ezra 2:1-70 — The List of Returning Exiles

Ezra.2.1-70

¹These are the people of the province who came up from the exiled community that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. ²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: ³the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; ⁴the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; ⁵the descendants of Arah, 775; ⁶the descendants of Pahath-moab, of the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812; ⁷the descendants of Elam, 1,254; ⁸the descendants of Zattu, 945; ⁹the descendants of Zaccai, 760; ¹⁰the descendants of Bani, 642; ¹¹the descendants of Bebai, 623; ¹²the descendants of Azgad, 1,222; ¹³the descendants of Adonikam, 666; ¹⁴the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056; ¹⁵the descendants of Adin, 454; ¹⁶the descendants of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98; ¹⁷the descendants of Bezai, 323; ¹⁸the descendants of Jorah, 112; ¹⁹the descendants of Hashum, 223; ²⁰the descendants of Gibbar, 95; ²¹the descendants of Bethlehem, 123; ²²the men of Netophah, 56; ²³the men of Anathoth, 128; ²⁴the descendants of Azmaveth, 42; ²⁵the descendants of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; ²⁶the descendants of Ramah and Geba, 621; ²⁷the men of Michmash, 122; ²⁸the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; ²⁹the descendants of Nebo, 52; ³⁰the descendants of Magbish, 156; ³¹the descendants of another Elam, 1,254; ³²the descendants of Harim, 320; ³³the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725; ³⁴the descendants of Jericho, 345; ³⁵the descendants of Senaah, 3,630. ³⁶The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973; ³⁷the descendants of Immer, 1,052; ³⁸the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; ³⁹the descendants of Harim, 1,017. ⁴⁰The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, 74. ⁴¹The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128. ⁴²The descendants of the gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all. ⁴³The temple servants : the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon, ⁴⁵the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub, ⁴⁶the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shalmai, the descendants of Hanan, ⁴⁷the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah, ⁴⁸the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam, ⁴⁹the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai, ⁵⁰the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim, ⁵¹the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur, ⁵²the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha, ⁵³the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah, ⁵⁴the descendants of Neziah and the descendants of Hatipha. ⁵⁵The descendants of Solomon's servants: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda, ⁵⁶the descendants of Jaalah, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, ⁵⁷the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami. ⁵⁸All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants were 392. ⁵⁹These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were unable to show their fathers' houses and their lineage, whether they were from Israel: ⁶⁰the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652. ⁶¹And from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai, who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. ⁶²These searched for their genealogical record, but it was not found, and they were excluded from the priesthood. ⁶³The governor told them that they were not to eat from the most holy things until a priest should arise to consult the Urim and Thummim . ⁶⁴The whole assembly together was 42,360, ⁶⁵besides their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 male and female singers. ⁶⁶Their horses were 736, and their mules 245; ⁶⁷their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720. ⁶⁸Some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, gave freewill offerings for the house of God, to restore it on its foundation. ⁶⁹According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests' garments. ⁷⁰So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their towns, and all Israel in their towns.

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4/11/2026

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