Ezra 2

¹Now these are the people of the province who went up from the captives of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.

²They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordechai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of men of the people of Israel:

³the sons of Parosh—2,172

⁴the sons of Shephatiah—372

⁵the sons of Arah—775

⁶the sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab—2,812

⁷the sons of Elam—1,254

⁸the sons of Zattu—945

⁹the sons of Zaccai—760

¹⁰the sons of Bani—642

¹¹the sons of Bebai—623

¹²the sons of Azgad—1,222

¹³the sons of Adonikam—666

¹⁴the sons of Bigvai—2,056

¹⁵the sons of Adin—454

¹⁶the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah—98

¹⁷the sons of Bezai—323

¹⁸the sons of Jorah—112

¹⁹the sons of Hashum—223

²⁰the sons of Gibbar—95

²¹the sons of Beth-lehem—123

²²the men of Netophah—56

²³the men of Anathoth—128

²⁴the sons of Azmaveth—42

²⁵the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beerot—743

²⁶the sons of Ramah and Geba—621

²⁷the men of Michmas—122

²⁸the men of Beth-el and Ai—223

²⁹the sons of Nebo—52

³⁰the son of Magbish—156

³¹the sons of the other Elam—1,254

³²the sons of Harim—320

³³the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono—725

³⁴the sons of Jericho—345

³⁵the sons of Senaah—3,630

³⁶The kohanim : the sons of Jedaiah from the house of Jeshua—973

³⁷the sons of Immer—1,052

³⁸the sons of Pashhur—1,247

³⁹the sons of Harim—1,017

⁴⁰The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah)—74

⁴¹The singers the sons of Asaph—128

⁴²The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai—in all 139

⁴³The Temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

⁴⁴the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,

⁴⁵the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,

⁴⁶the sons of Hagab, the sons of Salmai, the sons of Hanan,

⁴⁷the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,

⁴⁸the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,

⁴⁹the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,

⁵⁰the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim,

⁵¹the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

⁵²the sons of Batzluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

⁵³the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah

⁵⁴the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

⁵⁵The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,

⁵⁶the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

⁵⁷the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami.

⁵⁸All the Temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants—392.

⁵⁹The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their family connection or their ancestry whether they were from Israel:

⁶⁰the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda—652.

⁶¹Also from the sons of the kohanim : the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai. (He took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was subsequently called by their name).

⁶²These sought their records in the genealogical lists, but did not find them. So they were disqualified from the priesthood.

⁶³As a result, the governor said to them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a kohen was ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁴The entire assembly totaled 42,360,

⁶⁵not including their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers.

⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷435 camels, 6,702 donkeys.

⁶⁸When they arrived at the House of Adonai in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of the House of God on its foundation.

⁶⁹According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 gold drachmas, 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly tunics.

⁷⁰Now the kohanim , the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers and the Temple servants settled in their own towns, and all the rest of Israel in their towns.