Ezra 2:36

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

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 descendants of Yericho

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