Ezra 2CJB

1Here is a list of the people of the province who had been exiled, carried off to Bavel by N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel, but who later returned from exile and went up to Yerushalayim and Y'hudah, each to his own city;

2they went with Z'rubavel, Yeshua, Nechemyah, S'rayah, Re'elyah, Mordekhai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rechum and Ba'anah. The number of men from the people of Isra'el:

3descendants of Par'osh 2,172

4descendants of Sh'fatyah 372

5descendants of Arach 775

6descendants of Pachat-Mo'av, from the descendants of Yeshua and Yo'av 2,812

7descendants of 'Eilam 1,254

8descendants of Zatu 945

9descendants of Zakkai 760

10descendants of Bani 642

11descendants of B'vai 623

12descendants of 'Azgad 1,222

13descendants of Adonikam 666

14descendants of Bigvai 2,056

15descendants of 'Adin 454

16descendants of Ater, of Y'chizkiyah 98

17descendants of Betzai 323

18descendants of Yorah 112

19descendants of Hashum 223

20descendants of Gibbar 95

21descendants of Beit-Lechem 123

22people of N'tofah 56

23people of 'Anatot 128

24descendants of 'Azmavet 42

25descendants of Kiryat-'Arim, K'firah and Be'erot

26descendants of Ramah and Geva

27people of Mikhmas

28people of Beit-El and 'Ai

29descendants of N'vo

30descendants of Magbish

31descendants of the other 'Eilam

32descendants of Harim

33descendants of Lod, Hadid and Ono

34descendants of Yericho

35descendants of S'na'ah

36The cohanim: descendants of Y'da'yah, of the house of Yeshua

37descendants of Immer

38descendants of Pash'chur

39descendants of Harim 621 122 223 52 156 1,254 320 725 345 3,630 973 1,052 1,247 1,017

40The L'vi'im: descendants of Yeshua and Kadmi'el, of the descendants of Hodavyah

41The singers: descendants of Asaf 128

42The descendants of the gatekeepers: descendants of Shalum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of 'Akuv, descendants of Hatita, and descendants of Shovai in all, 139

43The temple servants: descendants of Tzicha, descendants of Hasufa, descendants of Taba'ot,

44descendants of Keros, descendants of Sia'ha descendants of Padon,

45descendants of L'vanah, descendants of Hagavah, descendants of 'Akuv,

46descendants of Hagav, descendants of Salmai, descendants of Hanan,

47descendants of Giddel, descendants of Gachar, descendants of Re'ayah,

48descendants of Retzin, descendants of N'koda, descendants of Gazam,

49descendants of 'Uza, descendants of Paseach, descendants of Besai,

50descendants of Asnah, descendants of Me'unim, descendants of N'fusim,

51descendants of Bakbuk, descendants of Hakufa, descendants of Harhur,

52descendants of Batzlut, descendants of M'chida, descendants of Harsha,

53descendants of Barkos, descendants of Sisra, descendants of Temach,

54descendants of N'tziach, and descendants of Hatifa.

55The descendants of Shlomo's servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Hasoferet, descendants of P'ruda,

56descendants of Ya'alah, descendants of Darkon, descendants of Giddel,

57descendants of Sh'fatyah, descendants of Hatil, descendants of Pokheret-Hatzvayim, and descendants of Ami.

58All the temple servants and the descendants of Shlomo's servants numbered 392

59The following went up from Tel-Melach, Tel-Harsha, K'ruv, Adan and Immer; but they could not state which fathers' clan they or their children belonged to, [so it was not clear] whether they were from Isra'el:

60descendants of D'layah, descendants of Toviyah, and descendants of N'koda 652

61and of the descendants of the cohanim: descendants of Havayah, descendants of Hakotz, and descendants of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil'adi and was named after them.

62These tried to locate their genealogical records, but they weren't found. Therefore they were considered defiled and were not allowed to serve as cohanim.

63The Tirshata told them not to eat any of the especially holy food until a cohen appeared who could consult the urim and tumim.

64The entire assembly numbered 42,360 -

65not including their male and female slaves, of whom there were 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers.

66Their horses numbered 736; their mules, 245;

67their camels, 435; and their donkeys, 6,720.

68Some of the heads of fathers' clans, when they came to the house of ADONAI in Yerushalayim, made voluntary offerings for rebuilding the house of God on its site.

69According to their means they gave into the treasury for the work 61,000 gold darkmonim [about two-thirds of a ton], 5,000 manim of silver [just over three tons], and a hundred tunics for the cohanim.

70So the cohanim, the L'vi'im, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants lived in their towns and all Isra'el in their towns.

Scripture taken from the Complete Jewish Bible. Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Messianic Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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