Ezra 2

The Exiles Return

¹Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. 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 men of the people of Israel: ³the sons of Parosh, 2,172.⁴The sons of Shephatiah, 372.⁵The sons of Arah, 775.⁶The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.⁷The sons of Elam, 1,254.⁸The sons of Zattu, 945.⁹The sons of Zaccai, 760.¹⁰The sons of Bani, 642.¹¹The sons of Bebai, 623.¹²The sons of Azgad, 1,222.¹³The sons of Adonikam, 666.¹⁴The sons of Bigvai, 2,056.¹⁵The sons of Adin, 454.¹⁶The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98.¹⁷The sons of Bezai, 323.¹⁸The sons of Jorah, 112.¹⁹The sons of Hashum, 223.²⁰The sons of Gibbar, 95.²¹The sons of Bethlehem, 123.²²The men of Netophah, 56.²³The men of Anathoth, 128.²⁴The sons of Azmaveth, 42.²⁵The sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743.²⁶The sons of Ramah and Geba, 621.²⁷The men of Michmas, 122.²⁸The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.²⁹The sons of Nebo, 52.³⁰The sons of Magbish, 156.³¹The sons of the other Elam, 1,254.³²The sons of Harim, 320.³³The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725.³⁴The sons of Jericho, 345.³⁵The sons of Senaah, 3,630.

³⁶The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973.³⁷The sons of Immer, 1,052.³⁸The sons of Pashhur, 1,247.³⁹The sons of Harim, 1,017.

⁴⁰The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74.⁴¹The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128.⁴²The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, in all 139.

⁴³The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,⁴⁴the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,⁴⁵the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,⁴⁶the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shamlai, the sons of Hanan,⁴⁷the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,⁴⁸the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,⁴⁹the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,⁵⁰the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephisim,⁵¹the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,⁵²the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,⁵³the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,⁵⁴the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.

⁵⁵The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,⁵⁶the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,⁵⁷the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami.

⁵⁸All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.

⁵⁹The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:⁶⁰the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652.⁶¹Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).⁶²These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.⁶³The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The whole assembly together was 42,360,⁶⁵besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.⁶⁶Their horses were 736, their mules were 245,⁶⁷their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.

⁶⁸Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.⁶⁹According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests' garments.

⁷⁰Now the 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 in their towns.