Ezra 2 (New International Version)

The List of the Exiles Who Returned

2:1-70pp -- Ne 7:6-73

1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles,¹ whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon² had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,³ 2 in company with Zerubbabel,⁴ Jeshua,⁵ Nehemiah, Seraiah,⁶ Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel: 3 the descendants of Parosh⁷%@%@, 2,172 4 of Shephatiah, 372 5 of Arah, 775 6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)%@%@, 2,812 7 of Elam, 1,254 8 of Zattu, 945 9 of Zaccai, 760 10 of Bani, 642 11 of Bebai, 623 12 of Azgad, 1,222 13 of Adonikam⁸, 666 14 of Bigvai, 2,056 15 of Adin, 454 16 of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98 17 of Bezai, 323 18 of Jorah, 112 19 of Hashum, 223 20 of Gibbar, 95 21 the men of Bethlehem⁹, 123 22 of Netophah, 56 23 of Anathoth, 128 24 of Azmaveth, 42 25 of Kiriath Jearim,^a Kephirah and Beeroth, 743 26 of Ramah¹⁰ and Geba, 621 27 of Micmash, 122 28 of Bethel and Ai¹¹, 223 29 of Nebo, 52 30 of Magbish, 156 31 of the other Elam, 1,254 32 of Harim, 320 33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725 34 of Jericho¹², 345 35 of Senaah, 3,630 36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah¹³ (through the family of Jeshua), 973 37 of Immer¹⁴, 1,052 38 of Pashhur¹⁵, 1,247 39 of Harim¹⁶, 1,017 40 The Levites:¹⁷ the descendants of Jeshua¹⁸ and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74 41 The singers:¹⁹ the descendants of Asaph, 128 42 The gatekeepers²⁰ of the temple: the descendants of 43 The temple servants:²¹ the descendants of 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, 46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, 47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai, 50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, 51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, 54 Neziah and Hatipha 55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of 56 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, 58 The temple servants²² and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392 59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended²³ from Israel: 60 The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652 61 And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). 62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood²⁴ as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food²⁵ until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.²⁶ 64 The whole company numbered 42,360, 65 besides their %"7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers.²⁷ 66 They had 736 horses,²⁸ 245 mules, 67 435 camels and %"6,720 donkeys. 68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families²⁹ gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. 69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas^b of gold, %"5,000 minas^c of silver and 100 priestly garments. 70 The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.³⁰