Ezra 2:47-57

47 the children of Giddel, the children of Gachar, the children of Re'ayah,

48 the children of Retzin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

49 the children of Uzza, the children of Pase'ach, the children of Besai,

50 the children of Asnah, the children of Me`unim, the children of Nefusim,

51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakufa, the children of Harchur,

52 the children of Batzlut, the children of Mechida, the children of Harsha,

53 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temach,

54 the children of Netzi'ach, the children of Hatifa.

55 The children of Shlomo's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Soferet, the children of Peruda,

56 the children of Ya`alah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

57 the children of Shefatyah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pokheret-Hatzevayim, the children of Ami.

Ezra 2:47-57 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.