Ezra 2:57-67

58 The total number of the members of the family lines of the temple servants and the servants of Solomon was 392.

59 Many people came up to Judah from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer. But they weren't able to prove that their families belonged to the people of Israel.

60 There were 652 of them from the family lines of

61 Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the priests.

62 The priests looked for their family records. But they couldn't find them. So they weren't able to serve as priests. They weren't "clean."

63 The governor gave them an order. He told them not to eat any of the most sacred food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim to find out what the LORD wanted them to do.

64 The total number of the entire group that returned was 42,360.

65 That didn't include their %"7,337 male and female slaves. There were also 200 male and female singers.

66 And there were 736 horses, 245 mules,

67 435 camels and %"6,720 donkeys.

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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

Ezra 2:57-67

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Ezra 2:57-67 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 2