Ezra 2

The List of the Exiles Who Returned

¹Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town, ²in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah):

The list of the men of the people of Israel:

³the descendants of

Parosh 2,172

⁴Shephatiah 372

⁵Arah 775

⁶Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812

⁷Elam 1,254

⁸Zattu 945

⁹Zakkai 760

¹⁰Bani 642

¹¹Bebai 623

¹²Azgad 1,222

¹³Adonikam 666

¹⁴Bigvai 2,056

¹⁵Adin 454

¹⁶Ater (through Hezekiah) 98

¹⁷Bezai 323

¹⁸Jorah 112

¹⁹Hashum 223

²⁰Gibbar 95

²¹the men of

Bethlehem 123

²²Netophah 56

²³Anathoth 128

²⁴Azmaveth 42

²⁵Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743

²⁶Ramah and Geba 621

²⁷Mikmash 122

²⁸Bethel and Ai 223

²⁹Nebo 52

³⁰Magbish 156

³¹the other Elam 1,254

³²Harim 320

³³Lod, Hadid and Ono 725

³⁴Jericho 345

³⁵Senaah 3,630

³⁶The priests:

the descendants of

Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973

³⁷Immer 1,052

³⁸Pashhur 1,247

³⁹Harim 1,017

⁴⁰The Levites:

the descendants of

Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah) 74

⁴¹The musicians:

the descendants of

Asaph 128

⁴²The gatekeepers of the temple:

the descendants of

Shallum, Ater, Talmon,

Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 139

⁴³The temple servants:

the descendants of

Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

⁴⁴Keros, Siaha, Padon,

⁴⁵Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

⁴⁶Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

⁴⁷Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

⁴⁸Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

⁴⁹Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

⁵⁰Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,

⁵¹Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

⁵²Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

⁵³Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

⁵⁴Neziah and Hatipha

⁵⁵The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of

Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

⁵⁶Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil,

Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami

⁵⁸The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392

⁵⁹The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

⁶⁰The descendants of

Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652

⁶¹And from among the priests:

The descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

⁶²These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. ⁶³The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The whole company numbered 42,360, ⁶⁵besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers. ⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules, ⁶⁷435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. ⁶⁹According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.

⁷⁰The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.