Ezra 2

The List of the Exiles Who Returned

¹Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,²in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel:

³the descendants of Parosh    2,172

⁴of Shephatiah    372

⁵of Arah    775

⁶of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)    2,812

⁷of Elam    1,254

⁸of Zattu    945

⁹of Zakkai    760

¹⁰of Bani    642

¹¹of Bebai    623

¹²of Azgad    1,222

¹³of Adonikam    666

¹⁴of Bigvai    2,056

¹⁵of Adin    454

¹⁶of Ater (through Hezekiah)    98

¹⁷of Bezai    323

¹⁸of Jorah    112

¹⁹of Hashum    223

²⁰of Gibbar    95

²¹the men of Bethlehem    123

²²of Netophah    56

²³of Anathoth    128

²⁴of Azmaveth    42

²⁵of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth    743

²⁶of Ramah and Geba    621

²⁷of Mikmash    122

²⁸of Bethel and Ai    223

²⁹of 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

³⁶The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua)    973

³⁷of Immer    1,052

³⁸of Pashhur    1,247

³⁹of Harim    1,017

⁴⁰The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah)    74

⁴¹The musicians: the descendants of Asaph    128

⁴²The gatekeepers of the temple: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai    139

⁴³The temple servants: the descendants 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 descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

⁵⁶Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami

⁵⁸The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon    392

⁵⁹The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

⁶⁰The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda    652

⁶¹And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

⁶²These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.⁶³The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The whole company numbered 42,360,⁶⁵besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules,⁶⁷435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.⁶⁹According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.

⁷⁰The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.