Ezra 2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Ezra 2

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 descendants  2,172

⁴ Shephatiah’s descendants 372

⁵ Arah’s descendants 775

⁶ Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812

⁷ Elam’s descendants 1,254

⁸ Zattu’s descendants 945

⁹ Zaccai’s descendants 760

¹⁰ Bani’s descendants 642

¹¹ Bebai’s descendants 623

¹² Azgad’s descendants 1,222

¹³ Adonikam’s descendants  666

¹⁴ Bigvai’s descendants 2,056

¹⁵ Adin’s descendants 454

¹⁶ Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98

¹⁷ Bezai’s descendants 323

¹⁸ Jorah’s descendants 112

¹⁹ Hashum’s descendants 223

²⁰ Gibbar’s descendants 95

²¹ Bethlehem’s   people 123

²² Netophah’s men 56

²³ Anathoth’s men 128

²⁴ Azmaveth’s people 42

²⁵ Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people 743

²⁶ Ramah’s  and Geba’s people 621

²⁷ Michmas’s men 122

²⁸ Bethel’s and Ai’s   men 223

²⁹ Nebo’s people 52

³⁰ Magbish’s people 156

³¹ the other Elam’s people 1,254

³² Harim’s people 320

³³ Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 725

³⁴ Jericho’s   people 345

³⁵ Senaah’s people 3,630

³⁶ The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973

³⁷ Immer’s descendants 1,052

³⁸ Pashhur’s descendants 1,247

³⁹ and Harim’s descendants 1,017

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 ancestral families  and their lineage 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 who bore 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 numbered 42,360

⁶⁵ not including their 7,337 male and female servants, and their 200 male and female singers.

⁶⁶ They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷ 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸ After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings  for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.

⁶⁹ Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins,  3 tonnes  of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury  for the project.

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