Ezra 2

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Ezra 2Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Exiles Who Returned

2 These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon^[a] had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. ²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included^[b]

³Parosh’s descendants	2,172
⁴Shephatiah’s descendants	372
⁵Arah’s descendants	775
⁶Pahath-moab’s descendants:
Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants	2,812
⁷Elam’s descendants	1,254
⁸Zattu’s descendants	945
⁹Zaccai’s descendants	760
¹⁰Bani’s descendants	642
¹¹Bebai’s descendants	623
¹²Azgad’s descendants	1,222
¹³Adonikam’s descendants	666
¹⁴Bigvai’s descendants	2,056
¹⁵Adin’s descendants	454
¹⁶Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah	98
¹⁷Bezai’s descendants	323
¹⁸Jorah’s descendants	112
¹⁹Hashum’s descendants	223
²⁰Gibbar’s descendants	95
²¹Bethlehem’s people	123
²²Netophah’s men	56
²³Anathoth’s men	128
²⁴Azmaveth’s people	42
²⁵Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people	743
²⁶Ramah’s and Geba’s people	621
²⁷Michmas’s men	122
²⁸Bethel’s and Ai’s men	223
²⁹Nebo’s people	52
³⁰Magbish’s people	156
³¹the other Elam’s people	1,254
³²Harim’s people	320
³³Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people	725
³⁴Jericho’s people	345
³⁵Senaah’s people	3,630

³⁶The priests included

Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua	973
³⁷Immer’s descendants	1,052
³⁸Pashhur’s descendants	1,247
³⁹and Harim’s descendants	1,017

⁴⁰The Levites included

Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants
from Hodaviah’s descendants	74

⁴¹The singers included

Asaph’s descendants

128

⁴²The gatekeepers’ descendants included

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all	139

⁴³The temple servants included

Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,

Tabbaoth’s descendants, ⁴⁴Keros’s descendants,

Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

⁴⁵Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,

Akkub’s descendants, ⁴⁶Hagab’s descendants,

Shalmai’s^[c] descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

⁴⁷Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

Reaiah’s descendants, ⁴⁸Rezin’s descendants,

Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

⁴⁹Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

Besai’s descendants, ⁵⁰Asnah’s descendants,

Meunim’s^[d] descendants, Nephusim’s^[e] descendants,

⁵¹Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,

Harhur’s descendants, ⁵²Bazluth’s descendants,

Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

⁵³Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,

Temah’s descendants, ⁵⁴Neziah’s descendants,

and Hatipha’s descendants.

⁵⁵The descendants of Solomon’s servants included

Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants,
Peruda’s descendants, ⁵⁶Jaalah’s descendants,
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,
⁵⁷Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,
Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.
⁵⁸All the temple servants
and the descendants of Solomon’s servants	392.

⁵⁹The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral families^[f] and their lineage were Israelite:

⁶⁰Delaiah’s descendants,
Tobiah’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants	652

⁶¹and 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. ⁶²These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. ⁶³The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The whole combined assembly numbered	42,360
⁶⁵not including their 7,337 male and female servants,
and their 200 male and female singers.
⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Gifts for the Work

⁶⁸After 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. ⁶⁹Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins,^[g] 6,250 pounds^[h] of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project. ⁷⁰The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.

Footnotes:

2:1 Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 BC
2:2 Lit the men of the people of Israel
2:46 Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s
2:50 Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s
2:50 Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s
2:59 Lit that the house of their fathers
2:69 Or drachmas, or darics
2:69 Lit 5,000 minas

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