Esdra 2:31-41

31 i figliuoli d’un altro Elam mille dugencinquantaquattro;

32 i figliuoli di Harim trecenventi;

33 i figliuoli di Lod, di Hadid, e d’Ono, settecenventicinque;

34 i figliuoli di Gerico trecenquarantacinque;

35 i figliuoli di Senaa tremila seicentrenta.

36 De’ sacerdoti: i figliuoli di Iedaia, della famiglia di Iesua, novecensettantatrè;

37 i figliuoli d’Immer mille cinquantadue;

38 i figliuoli di Pashur mille dugenquarantasette;

39 i figliuoli di Harim mille diciassette.

40 De’ Leviti: i figliuoli di Iesua, e di Cadmiel, d’infra i figliuoli di Hodavia, settantaquattro.

41 De’ cantori: i figliuoli di Asaf, cenventotto.

Esdra 2:31-41 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.