Ezra 2

¹These are the people of the province who were going up, 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.

²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelites was as follows:

³the descendants of Parosh: 2,172;

⁴the descendants of Shephatiah: 372;

⁵the descendants of Arah: 775;

⁶the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab): 2,812;

⁷the descendants of Elam: 1,254;

⁸the descendants of Zattu: 945;

⁹the descendants of Zaccai: 760;

¹⁰the descendants of Bani: 642;

¹¹the descendants of Bebai: 623;

¹²the descendants of Azgad: 1,222;

¹³the descendants of Adonikam: 666;

¹⁴the descendants of Bigvai: 2,056;

¹⁵the descendants of Adin: 454;

¹⁶the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah): 98;

¹⁷the descendants of Bezai: 323;

¹⁸the descendants of Jorah: 112;

¹⁹the descendants of Hashum: 223;

²⁰the descendants of Gibbar: 95.

²¹The men of Bethlehem: 123;

²²the men of Netophah: 56;

²³the men of Anathoth: 128;

²⁴the men of the family of Azmaveth: 42;

²⁵the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth: 743;

²⁶the men of Ramah and Geba: 621;

²⁷the men of Micmash: 122;

²⁸the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;

²⁹the descendants of Nebo: 52;

³⁰the descendants of Magbish: 156;

³¹the descendants of the other Elam: 1,254;

³²the descendants of Harim: 320;

³³the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725;

³⁴the men of Jericho: 345;

³⁵the descendants of Senaah: 3,630.

³⁶The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973;

³⁷the descendants of Immer: 1,052;

³⁸the descendants of Pashhur: 1,247;

³⁹the descendants of Harim: 1,017.

⁴⁰The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah): 74.

⁴¹The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.

⁴²The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139.

⁴³The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

⁴⁴the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon,

⁴⁵the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub,

⁴⁶the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shalmai, the descendants of Hanan,

⁴⁷the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah,

⁴⁸the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,

⁴⁹the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai,

⁵⁰the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim,

⁵¹the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

⁵²the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

⁵³the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

⁵⁴the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.

⁵⁵The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,

⁵⁶the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

⁵⁷the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami.

⁵⁸All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.

⁵⁹These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they really were from Israel):

⁶⁰the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda: 652.

⁶¹And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

⁶²They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

⁶³The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The entire group numbered 42,360,

⁶⁵not counting their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers

⁶⁶and 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild it on its site.

⁶⁹As they were able, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly robes.

⁷⁰The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.