Ezra 2:28-38

28 The men of Baethel and Aia, four hundred and twenty-three.

29 The children of Nabu, fifty-two.

30 The children of Magebis, a hundred and fifty-six.

31 The children of Elamar, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

32 The children of Elam, three hundred and twenty.

33 The children of Lodadi and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.

34 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

35 The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty.

36 And the priests, the sons of Jedua, the house of Jesus, nine hundred and seventy-three.

37 The children of Emmer, a thousand fifty-two.

38 The children of Phassur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven.

Ezra 2:28-38 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.