Esdras 2

¹ These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

² They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included

³ Parosh’s descendants2,172

⁴ Shephatiah’s descendants372

⁵ Arah’s descendants775

⁶ Pahath-moab’s descendants:Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants2,812

⁷ Elam’s descendants1,254

⁸ Zattu’s descendants945

⁹ Zaccai’s descendants760

¹⁰ Bani’s descendants642

¹¹ Bebai’s descendants623

¹² Azgad’s descendants1,222

¹³ Adonikam’s descendants666

¹⁴ Bigvai’s descendants2,056

¹⁵ Adin’s descendants454

¹⁶ Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98

¹⁷ Bezai’s descendants323

¹⁸ Jorah’s descendants112

¹⁹ Hashum’s descendants223

²⁰ Gibbar’s descendants95

²¹ Bethlehem’s people123

²² Netophah’s men56

²³ Anathoth’s men128

²⁴ Azmaveth’s people42

²⁵ Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people743

²⁶ Ramah’s and Geba’s people621

²⁷ Michmas’s men122

²⁸ Bethel’s and Ai’s men223

²⁹ Nebo’s people52

³⁰ Magbish’s people156

³¹ the other Elam’s people1,254

³² Harim’s people320

³³ Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people725

³⁴ Jericho’s people345

³⁵ Senaah’s people3,630

³⁶ The priests includedJedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua973

³⁷ Immer’s descendants1,052

³⁸ Pashhur’s descendants1,247

³⁹ and Harim’s descendants1,017

⁴⁰ The Levites included

⁴¹ The singers included

⁴² The gatekeepers’ descendants included

⁴³ The temple servants included
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,Tabbaoth’s descendants,

⁴⁴ Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

⁴⁵ Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,Akkub’s descendants,

⁴⁶ Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

⁴⁷ Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,Reaiah’s descendants,

⁴⁸ Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

⁴⁹ Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,Besai’s descendants,

⁵⁰ Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,

⁵¹ Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,Harhur’s descendants,

⁵² Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

⁵³ Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,Temah’s descendants,

⁵⁴ Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.

⁵⁵ The descendants of Solomon’s servants includedSotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants,Peruda’s descendants,

⁵⁶ Jaalah’s descendants,Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

⁵⁷ Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.

⁵⁸ All the temple servantsand the descendants of Solomon’s servants392.

⁵⁹ The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral families and their lineage were Israelite:

⁶⁰ Delaiah’s descendants,Tobiah’s descendants,Nekoda’s descendants652

⁶¹ and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name.

⁶² These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

⁶³ The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴ The whole combined assembly numbered42,360

⁶⁵ not including their 7,337 male and female servants,and their 200 male and female singers.

⁶⁶ They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷ 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸ After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.

⁶⁹ Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.

⁷⁰ The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.