Ezra 2:36

36 This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile: Jedaiah (descendants 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezra 2:36 In-Context

34 Jericho - 345

35 Senaah - 3,630

36 This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile: Jedaiah (descendants of Jeshua) - 973

37 Immer - 1,052

38 Pashhur - 1,247