Ezra

¹ These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

² They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included

³ Parosh’s descendants — 2,172

⁴ Shephatiah’s descendants — 372

⁵ Arah’s descendants — 775

⁶ Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants — 2,812

⁷ Elam’s descendants — 1,254

⁸ Zattu’s descendants — 945

⁹ Zaccai’s descendants — 760

¹⁰ Bani’s descendants — 642

¹¹ Bebai’s descendants — 623

¹² Azgad’s descendants — 1,222

¹³ Adonikam’s descendants — 666

¹⁴ Bigvai’s descendants — 2,056

¹⁵ Adin’s descendants — 454

¹⁶ Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah — 98

¹⁷ Bezai’s descendants — 323

¹⁸ Jorah’s descendants — 112

¹⁹ Hashum’s descendants — 223

²⁰ Gibbar’s descendants — 95

²¹ Bethlehem’s people — 123

²² Netophah’s men — 56

²³ Anathoth’s men — 128

²⁴ Azmaveth’s people — 42

²⁵ Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people — 743

²⁶ Ramah’s and Geba’s people — 621

²⁷ Michmas’s men — 122

²⁸ Bethel’s and Ai’s men — 223

²⁹ Nebo’s people — 52

³⁰ Magbish’s people — 156

³¹ the other Elam’s people — 1,254

³² Harim’s people — 320

³³ Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people — 725

³⁴ Jericho’s people — 345

³⁵ Senaah’s people — 3,630

³⁶ The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua — 973

³⁷ Immer’s descendants — 1,052

³⁸ Pashhur’s descendants — 1,247

³⁹ and Harim’s descendants — 1,017

⁴⁰ The Levites included Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants — 74

⁴¹ The singers included Asaph’s descendants — 128

⁴² The gatekeepers’ descendants included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all — 139

⁴³ The temple servants included Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,

⁴⁴ Keros’s descendants, Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

⁴⁵ Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,

⁴⁶ Hagab’s descendants, Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

⁴⁷ Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants, Reaiah’s descendants,

⁴⁸ Rezin’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

⁴⁹ Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants, Besai’s descendants,

⁵⁰ Asnah’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,

⁵¹ Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,

⁵² Bazluth’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

⁵³ Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,

⁵⁴ Neziah’s descendants, and Hatipha’s descendants.

⁵⁵ The descendants of Solomon’s servants included Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,

⁵⁶ Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

⁵⁷ Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.

⁵⁸ All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants — 392.

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

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

⁶¹ and 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.

⁶² These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

⁶³ The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴ The whole combined assembly numbered — 42,360

⁶⁵ not including their 7,337 male and female servants, and their 200 male and female singers.

⁶⁶ They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷ camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸ After 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.

⁶⁹ Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.

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