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Ezra 2:57-67

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57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami.
58 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.
59 The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, 1though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:
60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652.
61 Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of 2Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).
62 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and 3so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
63 The 4governor told them that they were not 5to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult 6Urim and Thummim.
64 7The whole assembly together was 42,360,
65 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female 8singers.
66 Their horses were 736, their mules were 245,
67 their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.
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Ezra 2:57-67 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 2

This chapter contains a list of those that went up from Babylon to Jerusalem, of their leaders, their chief men, princes and priests, Ezr 2:1,2 of the people, described by their families, towns, and cities, and number of persons, Ezr 2:3-35, of the priests, Levites, and Nethinims, Ezr 2:36-58, and of those that could not make out their genealogy, people and priests, Ezr 2:59-63, and then the sum total of the whole congregation is given, Ezr 2:64, besides men and maidservants, singing men and women, and cattle of divers sorts, Ezr 2:65-67, and the chapter is closed with an account of the freewill offerings of the principal men towards the building of the temple, and of the settlement of the people in their respective cities, Ezr 2:68-70.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. [1 Chronicles 9:1]
  • 2. 2 Samuel 17:27
  • 3. [Numbers 3:10]
  • 4. Nehemiah 8:9
  • 5. Lev. 22:2, 10, 15, 16
  • 6. See Exodus 28:30
  • 7. Nehemiah 7:66, 67
  • 8. See 2 Chronicles 35:25
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