Ezra 8:1

New American Bible - revised edition

These are the heads of the ancestral houses and the genealogies of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:31

They too, in the same manner as their kinsmen, the sons of Aaron, cast lots in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and levitical families; the more important family did so in the same way as the less important one.

1 Chronicles 26:32

His kinsmen were also men of substance, two thousand seven hundred heads of families. King David appointed them to the administration of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for everything pertaining to God and to the king.

1 Chronicles 4:33

together with all their outlying villages as far as Baal. Here is where they dwelt, and so it was inscribed of them in their family records.

1 Chronicles 9:1

Thus all Israel was listed in family lists, and these are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. Now Judah had been exiled to Babylon because of its treachery.

1 Chronicles 9:34

These were the levitical family heads by their generations, chiefs who dwelt in Jerusalem. Genealogy of Saul.

2 Chronicles 26:12

The entire number of family heads over these valiant warriors was two thousand six hundred,

Ezra 1:5

Then the heads of ancestral houses of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and Levites—everyone, that is, whose spirit had been stirred up by God—prepared to go up to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:2

(those who returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah): The census of the people of Israel:

Ezra 2:3

descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

Ezra 2:62

These searched their family records, but their names could not be found there, and they were excluded from the priesthood.

Ezra 7:13

I have issued this decree, that anyone in my kingdom belonging to the people of Israel, its priests or Levites, who is willing to go up to Jerusalem with you, may go,

Ezra 7:28

and who let me find favor with the king, with his counselors, and with all the most influential royal officials. I therefore took courage and, with the hand of the Lord, my God, over me, I gathered together Israelite leaders to make the return journey with me.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe, well-versed in the law of Moses given by the Lord, the God of Israel. The king granted him all that he requested, because the hand of the Lord, his God, was over him.

Ezra 7:7

Some of the Israelites and some priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

Ezra 8:2

Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershon; of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; of the descendants of David, Hattush,