Ezra 2

List of the returnees

¹These were the people of the province who went up from there—from among those captive exiles whom Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar had deported to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own towns.²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the people of Israel

³The family of Parosh: 2,172

⁴of Shephatiah: 372

⁵of Arah: 775

⁶of Pahath-moab, namely the family of Jeshua and Joab: 2,812

⁷of Elam: 1,254

⁸of Zattu: 945

⁹of Zaccai: 760

¹⁰of Bani: 642

¹¹of Bebai: 623

¹²of Azgad: 1,222

¹³of Adonikam: 666

¹⁴of Bigvai: 2,056

¹⁵of Adin: 454

¹⁶of Ater, namely of Hezekiah: 98

¹⁷of Bezai: 323

¹⁸of Jorah: 112

¹⁹of Hashum: 223

²⁰of Gibbar: 95

²¹of Bethlehem: 123

²²The people of Netophah: 56

²³of Anathoth: 128

²⁴The family of Azmaveth: 42

²⁵of Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: 743

²⁶of Ramah and Geba: 621

²⁷The people of Michmash: 122

²⁸of Bethel and Ai: 223

²⁹The family of Nebo: 52

³⁰of Magbish: 156

³¹of the other Elam: 1,254

³²of Harim: 320

³³of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725

³⁴of Jericho: 345

³⁵of Senaah: 3,630

The priests

³⁶The family of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua: 973

³⁷of Immer: 1,052

³⁸of Pashhur: 1,247

³⁹of Harim: 1,017

⁴⁰The Levites: the family of Jeshua and Kadmiel—the family of Hodaviah: 74

The singers

⁴¹The family of Asaph: 128

The family of the gatekeepers

⁴²of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai: 139 in all

The temple servants

⁴³The family of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,⁴⁴Keros, Siaha, Padon,⁴⁵Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,⁴⁶Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan,⁴⁷Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,⁴⁸Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,⁴⁹Uzza, Paseah, Besai,⁵⁰Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim,⁵¹Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,⁵²Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,⁵³Barkos, Sisera, Temah,⁵⁴Neziah, and Hatipha

The family of Solomon’s servants

⁵⁵Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,⁵⁶Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.

⁵⁸All of the temple servants and the family of Solomon’s servants 392

Exclusions

⁵⁹The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were unable to demonstrate that their family or their descent was from Israel:⁶⁰the family of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652

⁶¹and of the family of the priests: the family of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

⁶²They looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they were not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.⁶³The governor ordered them not to eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim.

Total

⁶⁴The whole assembly together totaled 42,360,⁶⁵not including their 7,337 male and female servants; they also had 200 male and female singers,⁶⁶736 horses, 245 mules,⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Arrival in Jerusalem

⁶⁸When they arrived at the LORD’s house in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families brought spontaneous gifts for the rebuilding of God’s house on its site.⁶⁹According to their means, they gave to the building fund 61,000 drachmen of gold, 5,000 manehs of silver, and 100 priestly robes.

⁷⁰The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their own towns, and all Israel in their towns.