Ezra 2:35-45

35 descendants of S'na'ah

36 The cohanim: descendants of Y'da'yah, of the house of Yeshua

37 descendants of Immer

38 descendants of Pash'chur

39 descendants of Harim 621 122 223 52 156 1,254 320 725 345 3,630 973 1,052 1,247 1,017

40 The L'vi'im: descendants of Yeshua and Kadmi'el, of the descendants of Hodavyah

41 The singers: descendants of Asaf 128

42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: descendants of Shalum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of 'Akuv, descendants of Hatita, and descendants of Shovai in all, 139

43 The temple servants: descendants of Tzicha, descendants of Hasufa, descendants of Taba'ot,

44 descendants of Keros, descendants of Sia'ha descendants of Padon,

45 descendants of L'vanah, descendants of Hagavah, descendants of 'Akuv,

Ezra 2:35-45 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.