Esdras 2:1-8

1 Voici ceux de la province qui revinrent de l'exil, ceux que Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, avait emmenés captifs à Babylone, et qui retournèrent à Jérusalem et en Juda, chacun dans sa ville.

2 Ils partirent avec Zorobabel, Josué, Néhémie, Seraja, Reélaja, Mardochée, Bilschan, Mispar, Bigvaï, Rehum, Baana. Nombre des hommes du peuple d'Israël:

3 les fils de Pareosch, deux mille cent soixante-douze;

4 les fils de Schephathia, trois cent soixante-douze;

5 les fils d'Arach, sept cent soixante-quinze;

6 les fils de Pachath-Moab, des fils de Josué et de Joab, deux mille huit cent douze;

7 les fils d'Elam, mille deux cent cinquante-quatre;

8 les fils de Zatthu, neuf cent quarante-cinq;

Esdras 2:1-8 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.