Ezra 2:36

36 Priestly families: Jedaiah (sons of Jeshua), 973

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezra 2:36 In-Context

34 Jericho, 345
35 Senaah, 3,630.
36 Priestly families: Jedaiah (sons of Jeshua), 973
37 Immer, 1,052
38 Pashhur, 1,247
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