Title: Ezra is strong
Contents
Ezra 2:1-2:70
Those who returned (Nehemiah 7:4-73)
1 Those who, having been released from among the descendants of those who had been taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Babylon, returned to Jerusalem and Judah, and returned to their respective cities.
2 These are the number of the people of Israel who came out with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizbal, Bigvai, Rehum, Baana, and so on.
3 The children of Baros, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
4 The children of Shebadiah three hundred and seventy-two.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five.
6 The children of Pahathmoab, the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 The children of Elam were a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
8 The children of Sadtu, nine hundred and forty-five.
9 The children of Zacchae were seven hundred and sixty.
10 The children of Bani were six hundred forty-two.
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.
12 The descendants of Ashgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
13 The descendants of Adonigam were six hundred and sixty-six.
14 The descendants of Big Wai were two thousand and fifty-six.
15 The children of Adin were four hundred and fifty-four.
16 The sons of Athel, the children of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
17 The children of Beshai were three hundred and twenty-three.
18 The children of Jorah, one hundred and two.
19 The children of Hasum, two hundred and twenty-three.
20 The children of Gibbal were ninety-five.
21 The men of Bethlehem were one hundred and twenty-three.
22 The people of Netophah were fifty-six.
23 The men of Anathoth were one hundred and twenty-eight.
24 The descendants of Asmawet were forty-two.
25 The children of Kiriadarim, Gevirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty one.
27 The men of Michmas were one hundred and twenty two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai were two hundred and twenty-three.
29 The children of Nebo were fifty-two.
30 The children of Macbis, one hundred and fifty-six.
31 The other children of Elam were one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
35 The children of Shenaah were three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36 The priests were the house of Jeshua, the descendants of Jedaiah, nine hundred and seventy-three.
37 The children of Immer, fifty-two.
38 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
39 The children of Harim were one thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites were the children of Hodawiah, the children of Jeshua and Gadmiel, seventy-four.
41 The singers are the sons of Asaph, an hundred and twenty-eight.
42 The descendants of the gatekeepers were Shallum, Athel, Talmun, Akkub, Hadida, and Sobai, a hundred and thirty-nine.
43 The people of Nethinim, the children of Shiha, the children of Hahubah, the children of Tabbaoth,
44 The children of Geros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The children of Rebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Akkub,
46 The children of Hagab, the children of Samlai, the children of Hanan,
47 The children of Gittel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the children of Negotha, the children of Gassam,
49 The children of Uzzah, the children of Basea, the children of Beshai,
50 The children of Asuna, the children of Meunim, the children of Nebusim,
51 The children of Pakbuk, the children of Hagba, the children of Halhur,
52 The children of Basluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harza,
53 The children of Bargos, the children of Sisera, the children of Demas
54 They were the children of Nesiah and the children of Hadiba.
55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hasobereth, the children of Bruda,
56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Dargon, the children of Gittel,
57 The children of Shebadiah, the children of Hadil, the children of Bogareth-hashebaim, and the children of Ami.
58 All the Nethinim and the descendants of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
59 There were those who came up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not reveal whether their fathers' families or ancestors belonged to Israel.
60 These are the children of Delayah, the children of Tobiah, and the children of Negoda, six hundred and fifty-two in all.
61 Among the priests were the children of Habaya, the children of Haggos, and the children of Barzillai, who took as his wife one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was named after Barzillai.
62 These men looked for their names in the genealogy, but could not find them, so they considered them unclean and prevented them from serving as priests.
63 The prince commanded them not to eat the most holy thing until a priest with the Urim and Thummim has risen.
64 The total of the whole congregation was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty.
65 Besides, seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven male and female servants, two hundred male and female singers.
66 Horses seven hundred and thirty six, and mules two hundred and forty five.
67 67 camels four hundred and thirty five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 Some of the patriarchs came to the site of the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, and offered offerings gladly to rebuild the house of God there.
69 69 As they grew stronger, they put them into the safes they were working on. They cost sixty thousand darics of gold and five thousand mens silver. The priests wore a hundred robes.
70 So the priests, the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, lived in their own cities, and all Israel lived in their own cities.