Ezra 2

¹Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezʹzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. ²They came with Zerubʹbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiʹah, Seraiʹah, Reel-aiʹah, Morʹdecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigʹvai, Rehum, and Baʹanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: ³the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. ⁴The sons of Shephatiʹah, three hundred and seventy-two. ⁵The sons of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five. ⁶The sons of Paʹhath-moʹab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joʹab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. ⁷The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ⁸The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five. ⁹The sons of Zacʹcai, seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁰The sons of Bani, six hundred and forty-two. ¹¹The sons of Beʹbai, six hundred and twenty-three. ¹²The sons of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two. ¹³The sons of Adoniʹkam, six hundred and sixty-six. ¹⁴The sons of Bigʹvai, two thousand and fifty-six. ¹⁵The sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four. ¹⁶The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiʹah, ninety-eight. ¹⁷The sons of Beʹzai, three hundred and twenty-three. ¹⁸The sons of Jorah, one hundred and twelve. ¹⁹The sons of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three. ²⁰The sons of Gibbar, ninety-five. ²¹The sons of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three. ²²The men of Netoʹphah, fifty-six. ²³The men of Anʹathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight. ²⁴The sons of Azʹmaveth, forty-two. ²⁵The sons of Kirʹiatharʹim, Chephiʹrah, and Be-erʹoth, seven hundred and forty-three. ²⁶The sons of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one. ²⁷The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two. ²⁸The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three. ²⁹The sons of Nebo, fifty-two. ³⁰The sons of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six. ³¹The sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ³²The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty. ³³The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five. ³⁴The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five. ³⁵The sons of Senaʹah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.

³⁶The priests: the sons of Jedaiʹah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three. ³⁷The sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two. ³⁸The sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven. ³⁹The sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.

⁴⁰The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadʹmi-el, of the sons of Hodaviʹah, seventy-four. ⁴¹The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight. ⁴²The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatiʹta, and the sons of Shoʹbai, in all one hundred and thirty-nine.

⁴³The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasuʹpha, the sons of Tabbaʹoth, ⁴⁴the sons of Keros, the sons of Siʹaha, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁵the sons of Lebaʹnah, the sons of Hagʹabah, 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 Re-aiʹah, ⁴⁸the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoʹda, the sons of Gazzam, ⁴⁹the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseʹah, the sons of Besai, ⁵⁰the sons of Asnah, the sons of Me-uʹnim, the sons of Nephiʹsim, ⁵¹the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakuʹpha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵²the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehiʹda, the sons of Harsha, ⁵³the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisʹera, the sons of Temah, ⁵⁴the sons of Neziʹah, and the sons of Hatiʹpha.

⁵⁵The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Soʹtai, the sons of Hassoʹphereth, the sons of Peruʹda, ⁵⁶the sons of Jaʹalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁷the sons of Shephatiʹah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Poʹchereth-hazzebaʹim, and the sons of Ami.

⁵⁸All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

⁵⁹The following were those who came up from Tel-meʹlah, Tel-harʹsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers’ houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: ⁶⁰the sons of Delaiʹah, the sons of Tobiʹah, and the sons of Nekoʹda, six hundred and fifty-two. ⁶¹Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiʹah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzilʹlai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzilʹlai 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 forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁵besides their menservants and maidservants, of whom there were seven thouand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers. ⁶⁶Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules were two hundred and forty-five, ⁶⁷their camels were four hundred and thirty-five, and their asses were six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

⁶⁸Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which 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 sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

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