Ezra 2:36

36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

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 Of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.

35 Of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.

36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

37 Of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.

38 Of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.