< Ezra 2 >
1 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.
And these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,
2 The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Saraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 2,172 descendants of Parosh
The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
4 372 descendants of Shephatiah
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
5 775 descendants of Arah
The children of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five.
6 2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 1,254 descendants of Elam
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
8 945 descendants of Zattu
The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.
9 760 descendants of Zaccai
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
10 642 descendants of Bani
The children of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.
11 623 descendants of Bebai
The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.
12 1,222 descendants of Azgad
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
13 666 descendants of Adonikam
The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.
14 2,056 descendants of Bigvai
The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.
15 454 descendants of Adin
The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.
16 98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah
The children of Ater of [the family of] Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
17 323 descendants of Bezai
The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three.
18 112 descendants of Jorah
The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.
19 223 descendants of Hashum
The children of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.
20 95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]
The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
The children of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty-three.
The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25 743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
26 621 from Ramah and Geba
The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.
The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
28 223 from Bethel and Ai
The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.
The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
The children of Magbish, a hundred and fifty-six.
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36 Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
37 1,052 descendants of Immer
The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.
38 1,247 descendants of Pashhur
The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
39 1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight.
42 139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.
The children of the doorkeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred and thirty-nine.
43 The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, the children of Besai,
50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephusim,
51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.
the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
58 Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.
All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
59 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.
And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addan, Immer; but they could not shew their fathers' house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
60 This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
61 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.
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
62 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.
These sought their genealogical register, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
63 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.
And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64 Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.
The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
65 There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.
besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
66 The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,
Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules two hundred and forty-five;
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
their camels four hundred and thirty-five; the asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 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.
And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.
69 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.
They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' coats.
70 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.
And the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.