Ezra 2:1-67 - The List Of Returned Exiles

¹ These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. ² They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included: ³ Parosh’s descendants2,172 ⁴ Shephatiah’s descendants372 ⁵ Arah’s descendants775 ⁶ Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812 ⁷ Elam’s descendants1,254 ⁸ Zattu’s descendants945 ⁹ Zaccai’s descendants760 ¹⁰ Bani’s descendants642 ¹¹ Bebai’s descendants623 ¹² Azgad’s descendants1,222 ¹³ Adonikam’s descendants666 ¹⁴ Bigvai’s descendants2,056 ¹⁵ Adin’s descendants454 ¹⁶ Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98 ¹⁷ Bezai’s descendants323 ¹⁸ Jorah’s descendants112 ¹⁹ Hashum’s descendants223 ²⁰ Gibbar’s descendants95 ²¹ Bethlehem’s people123 ²² Netophah’s men56 ²³ Anathoth’s men128 ²⁴ Azmaveth’s people42 ²⁵ Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people743 ²⁶ Ramah’s and Geba’s people621 ²⁷ Michmas’s men122 ²⁸ Bethel’s and Ai’s men223 ²⁹ Nebo’s people52 ³⁰ Magbish’s people156 ³¹ the other Elam’s people1,254 ³² Harim’s people320 ³³ Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people725 ³⁴ Jericho’s people345 ³⁵ Senaah’s people3,630

³⁶ The priests included:

Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973 ³⁷ Immer’s descendants1,052 ³⁸ Pashhur’s descendants1,247 ³⁹ and Harim’s descendants1,017

⁴⁰ The Levites included:

Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants 74

⁴¹ The singers included:

Asaph’s descendants 128

⁴² The gatekeepers’ descendants included:

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139

⁴³ The temple servants included:

Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, ⁴⁴ Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
⁴⁵ Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants, ⁴⁶ Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
⁴⁷ Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants, ⁴⁸ Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
⁴⁹ Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants, ⁵⁰ Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,
⁵¹ Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants, ⁵² Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
⁵³ Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants, ⁵⁴ Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.

⁵⁵ The descendants of Solomon’s servants included:

Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants, ⁵⁶ Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, ⁵⁷ Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants. ⁵⁸ All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.

⁵⁹ The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:

⁶⁰ Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants 652 ⁶¹ and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai—who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. ⁶² These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. ⁶³ The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴ The whole combined assembly numbered42,360 ⁶⁵ not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, and their 200 male and female singers. ⁶⁶ They had 736 horses, 245 mules, ⁶⁷ 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.