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Number of Those Returning
Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.
Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.
Exiles Who Returned with Zerubbabel
Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.
Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.
These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel:
The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812;
The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab)2,812
the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;
Priests Returning
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;
These are the priests who returned from exile:
| The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua) | 973 |
Levites Returning
The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74.
These are the Levites who returned from exile:
| The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) | 74 |
The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all 139.
The gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai139
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
The descendants of the following Temple servants returned from exile:
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,
The descendants of these servants of King Solomon returned from exile:
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami.
Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.
All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392.
In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers’ households and their descendants, whether they were of Israel:
Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.
the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 652.
This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda — a total of 652 people.
Priests Removed
Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called by their name.
Three families of priests — Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai — also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)
These searched among their ancestral registration, but they could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.
They searched for their names in the genealogical records, but they were not found, so they were disqualified from serving as priests.
The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.
The governor told them not to eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim — the sacred lots.
besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women.
in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.
Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to restore it on its foundation.
When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God’s Temple on its original site,
According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work 61,000 gold drachmas and 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly garments.
Now the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.