Ezra 2
1 Now these are the people of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
King Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] had captured many [Israeli] people and taken them to Babylonia. [Many years later, ] some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to [other places in] Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.
2 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
3 The descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
2,172 descendants of Parosh
4 The descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
372 descendants of Shephatiah
5 The descendants of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
775 descendants of Arah
6 The descendants of Pahath-Moab, of the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
7 The descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
1,254 descendants of Elam
8 The descendants of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
945 descendants of Zattu
9 The descendants of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
760 descendants of Zaccai
10 The descendants of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
642 descendants of Bani
11 The descendants of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
623 descendants of Bebai
12 The descendants of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
1,222 descendants of Azgad
13 The descendants of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
666 descendants of Adonikam
14 The descendants of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
2,056 descendants of Bigvai
15 The descendants of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
454 descendants of Adin
16 The descendants of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah
17 The descendants of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
323 descendants of Bezai
18 The descendants of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
112 descendants of Jorah
19 The descendants of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
223 descendants of Hashum
20 The descendants of Gibbar, ninety-five.
95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]
21 The men of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
123 from Bethlehem
22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
56 from Netophah
23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
128 from Anathoth
24 The descendants of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two.
42 from Azmaveth
25 The descendants of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
26 The descendants of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
621 from Ramah and Geba
27 The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
122 from Micmash
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
223 from Bethel and Ai
29 The descendants of Nebo, fifty-two.
52 from Nebo
30 The descendants of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
156 from Magbish
31 The descendants of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
1,254 from Elam
32 The descendants of Harim, three hundred twenty.
320 from Harim
33 The descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
34 The descendants of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
345 from Jericho
35 The descendants of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
3,630 from Senaah.
36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)
37 The descendants of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
1,052 descendants of Immer
38 The descendants of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
1,247 descendants of Pashhur
39 The descendants of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:
40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, the descendants of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.
43 The Nethinim: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
44 the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon,
Keros, Siaha, Padon,
45 the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub,
Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
46 the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shalmai, the descendants of Hanan,
Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
47 the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah,
Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
48 the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,
Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
49 the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai,
Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
50 the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,
Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
51 the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,
Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
52 the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,
Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
53 the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,
Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
54 the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha.
Neziah, and Hatipha.
55 The descendants of Solomon's servants: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,
These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56 the descendants of Jaalah, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
57 the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth Hazzebaim, the descendants of Amon.
Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.
58 All the Nethinim, and the descendants of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.
59 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show whether their fathers' house, and their descent, were from Israel:
There was another group who returned [to Judah] from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer [towns in Babylonia]. But they could not prove that they were descendants of [people who previously lived in] Israel.
60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, the descendants of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
61 Of the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
Hobaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from [the] Gilead [region], and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law’s clan.
62 These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men’s names were not found. So they were not permitted do the work that priests did.
63 The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by [(casting/throwing] the sacred lots/stones [that had been marked]), to determine if those men were truly Israelis. When the priests did that, [if the stones showed that those men were Israelis], they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests.
64 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.
65 besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.
66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,
67 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68 Some of the heads of ancestral houses, when they came to the house of YHWH which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God's house to set it up in its place:
When they arrived at the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money [for the supplies needed] to rebuild the temple at the place where the temple had been previously.
69 they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
They all gave as much money as they were able to give. Altogether they gave 61,000 gold coins, (6,250 pounds/3,000 kg.) of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
Then the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the [other] people started to live in the towns and villages [near Jerusalem]. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel where their ancestors had lived.
