The Exiles Who Returned
1 Thesenow are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonhad 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 descendants 2,172
4 Shephatiah’s descendants 372
5 Arah’s descendants 775
6 Pahath-moab’s descendants:
Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812
7 Elam’s descendants 1,254
8 Zattu’s descendants 945
9 Zaccai’s descendants 760
10 Bani’s descendants 642
11 Bebai’s descendants 623
12 Azgad’s descendants 1,222
13 Adonikam’s descendants 666
14 Bigvai’s descendants 2,056
15 Adin’s descendants 454
16 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98
17 Bezai’s descendants 323
18 Jorah’s descendants 112
19 Hashum’s descendants 223
20 Gibbar’s descendants 95
21 Bethlehem’speople 123
22 Netophah’s men 56
23 Anathoth’s men 128
24 Azmaveth’s people 42
25 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people 743
26 Ramah’sand Geba’s people 621
27 Michmas’s men 122
28 Bethel’s and Ai’smen 223
29 Nebo’s people 52
30 Magbish’s people 156
31 the other Elam’s people 1,254
32 Harim’s people 320
33 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 725
34 Jericho’speople 345
35 Senaah’s people 3,630
36 The priests included:
Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973
37 Immer’s descendants 1,052
38 Pashhur’s descendants 1,247
39 and Harim’s descendants 1,017
40 The Levites included:
Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants
from Hodaviah’s descendants 74
41 The singers included:
Asaph’sdescendants 128
42 The gatekeepers’descendants included:
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
43 The temple servantsincluded:
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’sdescendants, 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’sdescendants, Nephusim’sdescendants,
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 servantsincluded:
Sotai’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 servants
and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.
59 The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
60 Delaiah’s descendants,
Tobiah’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants 652
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 was called by 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 governorordered 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 numbered 42,360
65 not including their 7,337 male and female slaves,
and their 200 male and female singers.
66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Gifts for the Work
68 After they arrived at theLord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offeringsfor 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 poundsof silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasuryfor 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.
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