Ezra 2:36

36 The Kohanim: the children of Yedayah, of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

Ezra 2:36 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 36-39. The priests
An account of them is given in this and the three following verses, and only four families are mentioned, those of Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur, and Harim, and the number of them amounted to 4289; these, according to the Jews, were heads of four courses, which were all that returned from Babylon ^F21.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 68. 1.

Ezra 2:36 In-Context

34 The children of Yericho, three hundred forty-five.

35 The children of Sena'ah, three thousand six hundred thirty.

36 The Kohanim: the children of Yedayah, of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

37 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.

38 The children of Pashchur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.