Ezra 2
1 and these son: descendant/people [the] province [the] to ascend: rise from captivity [the] captivity which to reveal: remove (Nebuchadnezzar *Q(K)*) king Babylon to/for Babylon and to return: return to/for Jerusalem and Judah man: anyone to/for city his
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 which to come (in): come with Zerubbabel Jeshua Nehemiah Seraiah Reelaiah Mordecai Bilshan Mispar Bigvai Rehum Baanah number human people Israel
The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
3 son: descendant/people Parosh thousand hundred seventy and two
2,172 descendants of Parosh
4 son: descendant/people Shephatiah three hundred seventy and two
372 descendants of Shephatiah
5 son: descendant/people Arah seven hundred five and seventy
775 descendants of Arah
6 son: descendant/people Pahath-moab Pahath-moab to/for son: descendant/people Jeshua Joab thousand eight hundred and two ten
2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
7 son: descendant/people Elam thousand hundred fifty and four
1,254 descendants of Elam
8 son: descendant/people Zattu nine hundred and forty and five
945 descendants of Zattu
9 son: descendant/people Zaccai seven hundred and sixty
760 descendants of Zaccai
10 son: descendant/people Bani six hundred forty and two
642 descendants of Bani
11 son: descendant/people Bebai six hundred twenty and three
623 descendants of Bebai
12 son: descendant/people Azgad thousand hundred twenty and two
1,222 descendants of Azgad
13 son: descendant/people Adonikam six hundred sixty and six
666 descendants of Adonikam
14 son: descendant/people Bigvai thousand fifty and six
2,056 descendants of Bigvai
15 son: descendant/people Adin four hundred fifty and four
454 descendants of Adin
16 son: descendant/people Ater to/for Hezekiah ninety and eight
98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah
17 son: descendant/people Bezai three hundred twenty and three
323 descendants of Bezai
18 son: descendant/people Jorah hundred and two ten
112 descendants of Jorah
19 son: descendant/people Hashum hundred twenty and three
223 descendants of Hashum
20 son: descendant/people Gibbar ninety and five
95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]
21 son: descendant/people Bethlehem Bethlehem hundred twenty and three
123 from Bethlehem
22 human Netophah fifty and six
56 from Netophah
23 human Anathoth hundred twenty and eight
128 from Anathoth
24 son: descendant/people Azmaveth forty and two
42 from Azmaveth
25 son: descendant/people Kiriath-jearim Kiriath-jearim Chephirah and Beeroth seven hundred and forty and three
743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
26 son: descendant/people [the] Ramah and Geba six hundred twenty and one
621 from Ramah and Geba
27 human Michmash hundred twenty and two
122 from Micmash
28 human Bethel Bethel and [the] Ai hundred twenty and three
223 from Bethel and Ai
29 son: descendant/people Nebo fifty and two
52 from Nebo
30 son: descendant/people Magbish hundred fifty and six
156 from Magbish
31 son: descendant/people Elam another thousand hundred fifty and four
1,254 from Elam
32 son: descendant/people Harim three hundred and twenty
320 from Harim
33 son: descendant/people Lod Hadid and Ono seven hundred twenty and five
725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
34 son: descendant/people Jericho three hundred forty and five
345 from Jericho
35 son: descendant/people Senaah three thousand and six hundred and thirty
3,630 from Senaah.
36 [the] priest son: descendant/people Jedaiah to/for house: household Jeshua nine hundred seventy and three
Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)
37 son: descendant/people Immer thousand fifty and two
1,052 descendants of Immer
38 son: descendant/people Pashhur thousand hundred forty and seven
1,247 descendants of Pashhur
39 son: descendant/people Harim thousand and seven ten
1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:
40 [the] Levi son: descendant/people Jeshua and Kadmiel to/for son: descendant/people Hodaviah seventy and four
74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
41 [the] to sing son: descendant/people Asaph hundred twenty and eight
128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
42 son: descendant/people [the] gatekeeper son: descendant/people Shallum son: descendant/people Ater son: descendant/people Talmon son: descendant/people Akkub son: descendant/people Hatita son: descendant/people Shobai [the] all hundred thirty and nine
139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.
43 [the] temple servant son: descendant/people Ziha son: descendant/people Hasupha son: descendant/people Tabbaoth
The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
44 son: descendant/people Keros son: descendant/people Siaha son: descendant/people Padon
Keros, Siaha, Padon,
45 son: descendant/people Lebanah son: descendant/people Hagabah son: descendant/people Akkub
Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
46 son: descendant/people Hagab son: descendant/people (Shalmai *Q(K)*) son: descendant/people Hanan
Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
47 son: descendant/people Giddel son: descendant/people Gahar son: descendant/people Reaiah
Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
48 son: descendant/people Rezin son: descendant/people Nekoda son: descendant/people Gazzam
Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
49 son: descendant/people Uzza son: descendant/people Paseah son: descendant/people Besai
Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
50 son: descendant/people Asnah son: descendant/people (Meunim *Q(K)*) son: descendant/people (Nephisim *Q(K)*)
Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
51 son: descendant/people Bakbuk son: descendant/people Hakupha son: descendant/people Harhur
Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
52 son: descendant/people Bazluth son: descendant/people Mehida son: descendant/people Harsha
Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
53 son: descendant/people Barkos son: descendant/people Sisera son: descendant/people Temah
Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
54 son: descendant/people Neziah son: descendant/people Hatipha
Neziah, and Hatipha.
55 son: descendant/people servant/slave Solomon son: descendant/people Sotai son: descendant/people [the] Sophereth son: descendant/people Peruda
These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56 son: descendant/people Jaalah son: descendant/people Darkon son: descendant/people Giddel
Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
57 son: descendant/people Shephatiah son: descendant/people Hattil son: descendant/people Pochereth-hazzebaim Pochereth-hazzebaim son: descendant/people Ami
Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.
58 all [the] temple servant and son: descendant/people servant/slave Solomon three hundred ninety and two
Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.
59 and these [the] to ascend: rise from Tel-melah Tel-melah Tel-harsha Tel-harsha Cherub Addan Immer and not be able to/for to tell house: household father their and seed: children their if from Israel they(masc.)
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 son: descendant/people Delaiah son: descendant/people Tobiah son: descendant/people Nekoda six hundred fifty and two
This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
61 and from son: descendant/people [the] priest son: descendant/people Habaiah son: descendant/people Hakkoz son: descendant/people Barzillai which to take: marry from daughter Barzillai [the] Gileadite woman: wife and to call: call by upon name their
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 to seek writing their [the] to enroll and not to find and to defile 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 and to say [the] governor to/for them which not to eat from holiness [the] holiness till to stand: appoint priest to/for Urim and to/for 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 all [the] assembly like/as one four ten thousand thousand three hundred sixty
Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.
65 from to/for alone: besides servant/slave their and maidservant their these seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven and to/for them to sing and to sing hundred
There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.
66 horse their seven hundred thirty and six mule their hundred forty and five
The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,
67 camel their four hundred thirty and five donkey six thousand seven hundred and twenty
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68 and from head: leader [the] father in/on/with to come (in): come they to/for house: temple LORD which in/on/with Jerusalem be willing to/for house: temple [the] God to/for to stand: stand him upon foundation his
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 like/as strength their to give: give to/for treasure [the] work gold drachma six ten thousand and thousand and silver: money mina five thousand and tunic priest hundred
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 and to dwell [the] priest and [the] Levi and from [the] people and [the] to sing and [the] gatekeeper and [the] temple servant in/on/with city their and all Israel in/on/with city their
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.
