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    Ezra 2

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    A census pauses over the number 666, then becomes unexpectedly fussy about family paperwork: men who cannot prove priestly descent are barred from the priesthood and told to wait for a priest with the Urim and Thummim. The return is orderly, but not, one might say, without administrative drama.

    The return, counted by family and townvv. 1–35

    The people come up from captivity in Babylon, carried there by Nebuchadnezzar, and return to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. Zerubbabel and ten companions lead the way, after which the roll proceeds by descendants, local men, and totals—until Adonikam's 666 sits in the list with no explanation whatsoever. The arithmetic is solemn; the odd little number is simply allowed to be odd.

    When the papers are not in ordervv. 36–63

    The list changes register: priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants are counted separately. Then come people from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer who cannot prove that their families are descended from Israel. Among the priests, the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai are especially delicate cases: one family carries the name because a man married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite. Yet the records cannot be found, so the men are excluded from the priesthood as unclean and forbidden the most holy things until a priest can consult the Urim and Thummim. A family name may travel by marriage; priestly status, here, wants its papers.

    The assembly arrives and settlesvv. 64–70

    The whole assembly numbers 42,360, with servants, singers, horses, mules, camels, and donkeys accompanying the return. At the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some family heads give freewill offerings for rebuilding the house of God on its original site: 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments. Then the various temple and household servants, along with some of the people, settle in their towns, while the rest of the Israelites settle in theirs. The great movement ends in a great deal of settling down.

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    1. Ezra 2:1Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

    2. Ezra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

    3. Ezra 2:3the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

    4. Ezra 2:4the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

    5. Ezra 2:5the descendants of Arah, 775;

    6. Ezra 2:6the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;

    7. Ezra 2:7the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

    8. Ezra 2:8the descendants of Zattu, 945;

    9. Ezra 2:9the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

    10. Ezra 2:10the descendants of Bani, 642;

    11. Ezra 2:11the descendants of Bebai, 623;

    12. Ezra 2:12the descendants of Azgad, 1,222;

    13. Ezra 2:13the descendants of Adonikam, 666;

    14. Ezra 2:14the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;

    15. Ezra 2:15the descendants of Adin, 454;

    16. Ezra 2:16the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

    17. Ezra 2:17the descendants of Bezai, 323;

    18. Ezra 2:18the descendants of Jorah, 112;

    19. Ezra 2:19the descendants of Hashum, 223;

    20. Ezra 2:20the descendants of Gibbar, 95;

    21. Ezra 2:21the men of Bethlehem, 123;

    22. Ezra 2:22the men of Netophah, 56;

    23. Ezra 2:23the men of Anathoth, 128;

    24. Ezra 2:24the descendants of Azmaveth, 42;

    25. Ezra 2:25the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

    26. Ezra 2:26the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

    27. Ezra 2:27the men of Michmash, 122;

    28. Ezra 2:28the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;

    29. Ezra 2:29the descendants of Nebo, 52;

    30. Ezra 2:30the descendants of Magbish, 156;

    31. Ezra 2:31the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

    32. Ezra 2:32the descendants of Harim, 320;

    33. Ezra 2:33the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;

    34. Ezra 2:34the men of Jericho, 345;

    35. Ezra 2:35and the descendants of Senaah, 3,630.

    36. Ezra 2:36The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

    37. Ezra 2:37the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

    38. Ezra 2:38the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

    39. Ezra 2:39and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

    40. Ezra 2:40The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

    41. Ezra 2:41The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128.

    42. Ezra 2:42The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.

    43. Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

    44. Ezra 2:44the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon,

    45. Ezra 2:45the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub,

    46. Ezra 2:46the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shalmai, the descendants of Hanan,

    47. Ezra 2:47the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah,

    48. Ezra 2:48the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,

    49. Ezra 2:49the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai,

    50. Ezra 2:50the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,

    51. Ezra 2:51the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

    52. Ezra 2:52the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

    53. Ezra 2:53the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

    54. Ezra 2:54the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.

    55. Ezra 2:55The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,

    56. Ezra 2:56the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

    57. Ezra 2:57the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami.

    58. Ezra 2:58The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

    59. Ezra 2:59The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

    60. Ezra 2:60the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.

    61. Ezra 2:61And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

    62. Ezra 2:62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

    63. Ezra 2:63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

    64. Ezra 2:64The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

    65. Ezra 2:65in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.

    66. Ezra 2:66They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

    67. Ezra 2:67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

    68. Ezra 2:68When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

    69. Ezra 2:69According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

    70. Ezra 2:70So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

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    • 12 Kings 25:11Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
    • 12 Kings 24:14–16He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
    • 381 Chronicles 9:12Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
    • 431 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
    • 612 Samuel 17:27When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
    • 682 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
    • 1Nehemiah 7:6–73These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
    • 2Nehemiah 7:7accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
    • 2Haggai 1:12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
    • 2Haggai 1:14So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
    • 2Haggai 2:4But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
    • 3Ezra 8:3of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
    • 6Nehemiah 7:11the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
    • 13Ezra 8:13from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
    • 341 Kings 16:34In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
    • 371 Chronicles 24:14the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

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