Ezra 8:1

God's Word

These are the leaders of the families and the genealogy of those who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:31

They drew lots as their relatives, Aaron’s descendants, had done. They drew them in front of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. The families of the oldest brother were treated the same way as those of the youngest.

1 Chronicles 26:32

Jeriah’s relatives were 2,700 skilled men, who were heads of families. King David appointed them to be overseers in every matter involving God or the king for the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 4:33

They also had all the villages around these cities as far as the city of Baal. These places were where they lived, and they had their own genealogical records:

1 Chronicles 9:1

All Israel was recorded in the genealogies in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The Israelites were taken away to Babylon as captives because they had sinned.

1 Chronicles 9:34

They were the heads of the Levite families according to their ancestry. These head Levites lived in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26:12

The total number of family heads among these warriors was 2,600.

Ezra 1:5

Then the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone God had inspired—came forward to rebuild the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:2

They went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of Israelite men from the people in exile:

Ezra 2:3

the descendants of Parosh … 2,172

Ezra 2:62

These people searched for their ⌞family⌟ names in the genealogical records, but their names couldn’t be found there. For this reason they were considered contaminated and couldn’t be priests.

Ezra 7:13

I have issued a decree that any Israelites who are in my kingdom and want to go with you to Jerusalem may go. This also includes the priests and Levites.

Ezra 7:28

He made the king, his advisers, and all the king’s powerful officials treat me kindly. I was encouraged because the Lord my God was guiding me. So I gathered leaders in Israel to go with me.

Ezra 7:6

As a scribe, Ezra was an expert in Moses’ Teachings, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king gave Ezra everything he requested because the Lord his God was guiding him.

Ezra 7:7

Some Israelites (including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants) went to Jerusalem in Artaxerxes’ seventh year as king.

Ezra 8:2

from the family of Phinehas: Gershom from the family of Ithamar: Daniel