Ezra 2:1-67

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The List of the Exiles Who Returned^(A)

2 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles,^(B) whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(C) had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,^(D) ²in company with Zerubbabel,^(E) Joshua,^(F) Nehemiah, Seraiah,^(G) Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah):

The list of the men of the people of Israel:

³the descendants of Parosh^(H)	2,172
⁴of Shephatiah	372
⁵of Arah	775
⁶of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)	2,812
⁷of Elam	1,254
⁸of Zattu	945
⁹of Zakkai	760
¹⁰of Bani	642
¹¹of Bebai	623
¹²of Azgad	1,222
¹³of Adonikam^(I)	666
¹⁴of Bigvai	2,056
¹⁵of Adin	454
¹⁶of Ater (through Hezekiah)	98
¹⁷of Bezai	323
¹⁸of Jorah	112
¹⁹of Hashum	223
²⁰of Gibbar	95

²¹the men of Bethlehem^(J)	123
²²of Netophah	56
²³of Anathoth	128
²⁴of Azmaveth	42
²⁵of Kiriath Jearim,^[a] Kephirah and Beeroth	743
²⁶of Ramah^(K) and Geba	621
²⁷of Mikmash	122
²⁸of Bethel and Ai^(L)	223
²⁹of Nebo	52
³⁰of Magbish	156
³¹of the other Elam	1,254
³²of Harim	320
³³of Lod, Hadid and Ono	725
³⁴of Jericho^(M)	345
³⁵of Senaah	3,630

³⁶The priests:

the descendants of Jedaiah^(N) (through the family of Jeshua)	973
³⁷of Immer^(O)	1,052
³⁸of Pashhur^(P)	1,247
³⁹of Harim^(Q)	1,017

⁴⁰The Levites:^(R)

the descendants of Jeshua^(S) and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah)

74

⁴¹The musicians:^(T)

the descendants of Asaph

128

⁴²The gatekeepers^(U) of the temple:

the descendants of
Shallum, Ater, Talmon,
Akkub, Hatita and Shobai	139

⁴³The temple servants:^(V)

the descendants of

Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

⁴⁴Keros, Siaha, Padon,

⁴⁵Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

⁴⁶Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

⁴⁷Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

⁴⁸Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

⁴⁹Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

⁵⁰Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,

⁵¹Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

⁵²Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

⁵³Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

⁵⁴Neziah and Hatipha

⁵⁵The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of

Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

⁵⁶Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil,

Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami

⁵⁸The temple servants^(W) and the descendants of the servants of Solomon

392

⁵⁹The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended^(X) from Israel:

⁶⁰The descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda	652

⁶¹And from among the priests:

The descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite^(Y) and was called by that name).

⁶²These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood^(Z) as unclean. ⁶³The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food^(AA) until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.^(AB)

⁶⁴The whole company numbered 42,360, ⁶⁵besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.^(AC) ⁶⁶They had 736 horses,^(AD) 245 mules, ⁶⁷435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

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Footnotes

Ezra 2:25 See Septuagint (see also Neh. 7:29); Hebrew Kiriath Arim.

Deuteronomy 30

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Prosperity After Turning to the Lord

30 When all these blessings and curses^(A) I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations,^(B) ²and when you and your children return^(C) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart^(D) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, ³then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a]^(E) and have compassion^(F) on you and gather^(G) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(H) you.^(I) ⁴Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(J) from there the Lord your God will gather^(K) you and bring you back.^(L) ⁵He will bring^(M) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(N) than your ancestors. ⁶The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(O) so that you may love^(P) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. ⁷The Lord your God will put all these curses^(Q) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.^(R) ⁸You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. ⁹Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.^(S) The Lord will again delight^(T) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, ¹⁰if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law^(U) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.^(V)

The Offer of Life or Death

¹¹Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.^(W) ¹²It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven^(X) to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^(Y) ¹³Nor is it beyond the sea,^(Z) so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^(AA) ¹⁴No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.^(AB)

¹⁵See, I set before you today life^(AC) and prosperity,^(AD) death^(AE) and destruction.^(AF) ¹⁶For I command you today to love^(AG) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live^(AH) and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

¹⁷But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, ¹⁸I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.^(AI) You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

¹⁹This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you^(AJ) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.^(AK) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live ²⁰and that you may love^(AL) the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life,^(AM) and he will give^(AN) you many years in the land^(AO) he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

Zechariah 10:8-9

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⁸I will signal^(A) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous^(B) as before.
⁹Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.^(C)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.