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Ezra 2:1-3
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Ezra 2:1-3
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The Names of the Returning Exiles
2 [a] These are the people[b] of the province who were going up,[c] from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of Israelites[d] was as follows:[e]
3 the descendants[f] of Parosh: 2,172;
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- Ezra 2:1 sn The list of names and numbers in this chapter of Ezra has a parallel account in Neh 7:6-73. The fact that the two lists do not always agree in specific details suggests that various textual errors have crept into the accounts during the transmission process.
- Ezra 2:1 tn Heb “the sons of.”
- Ezra 2:1 tn The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים (haʿolim, “those who were going up” [Qal active participle]) refers to continual action in the past. Most translations render this as a simple past: “went up” (KJV), “came up” (RSV, ASV, NASB, NIV), “came” (NRSV). CEV paraphrases: “were on their way back.”
- Ezra 2:2 tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”
- Ezra 2:2 tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.
- Ezra 2:3 tn Heb “the sons of.”
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