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The Book of Ezra

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(Nehemiah 7:4–69)
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King Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers captured many Israelite people and took them to Babylonia. Many years later, some Israelite people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.
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The leaders of those people who returned were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The groups of people who returned to Judah are listed next.
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2,172 descendants of Parosh
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372 descendants of Shephatiah
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775 descendants of Arach
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2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
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1,254 descendants of Elam
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945 descendants of Zattu
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760 descendants of Zaccai
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642 descendants of Bani
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623 descendants of Bebai
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1,222 descendants of Azgad
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666 descendants of Adonikam
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2,056 descendants of Bigvai
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454 descendants of Adin
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Ninety-eight descendants of Ater, who descended from Hezekiah
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323 descendants of Bezai
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112 descendants of Jorah
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223 descendants of Hashum
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Ninty-five descendants of Gibbar. People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah:
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123 from Bethlehem
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Fifty-six from Netophah
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128 from Anathoth
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Forty-two from Azmaveth
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743 from Kiriath Arim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
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621 from Ramah and Geba
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122 from Michmas
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223 from Bethel and Ai
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Fifty-two from Nebo
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156 from Magbish
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1,254 from Elam
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320 from Harim
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725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
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345 from Jericho
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3,630 from Senaah
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Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those who descended through Jeshua)
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1,052 descendants of Immer
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1,247 descendants of Pashur
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1,017 descendants of Harim
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Those from the tribe of Levi who returned: Seventy-four descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
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128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
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139 gatekeepers who were descendants of the gatekeepers Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai
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The temple workers who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
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Keros, Siaha, Padon,
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Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
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Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
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Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
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Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
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Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
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Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
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Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
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Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
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Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
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Neziah, and Hatipha.
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The following descendants of King Solomon’s servants returned to Jerusalem: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
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Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
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Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami.
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Altogether, there were 392 descendants of temple workers and Solomon’s servants who returned.
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There was another group who returned to Judah from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cerub, Addon, and Immer in Babylonia. But they could not prove that they were true Israelites.
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This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
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The descendants of the priests in this group included people belonging to Habaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from the region of Gilead, and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law’s clan.
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The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men’s names were not found. So they were not permitted to do the work that priests did.
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The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by casting the sacred lots, to determine whether those men were truly Israelites. If the stones showed that those men were Israelites, they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests.
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Altogether 42,360 Israelite people returned to Judah.
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There were also 7,337 servants and two hundred musicians, both men and women, who returned.
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The Israelites brought with them from Babylonia 736 horses, 245 mules,
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435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Offerings by the Exiles

(Exodus 38:21–31; Nehemiah 7:70–73)
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When they arrived at the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money for the supplies needed to rebuild the temple in the same place where the old temple had been.
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They all gave as much money as they were able to give. Altogether they gave about five hundred kilograms of gold, three metric tons of silver, and one hundred robes for the priests.
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Then the priests, the other descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the other people started to live in the towns and villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel there where their ancestors had lived.
(Nehemiah 7:4–69)
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Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
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who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
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The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
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The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
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The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
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The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
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The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
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The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
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The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
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The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
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The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
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The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
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The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
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The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
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The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
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The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
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The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
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The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
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The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
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The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
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The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
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The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
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The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
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The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
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The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
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The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
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The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
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The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
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The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
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The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
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The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
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The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
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The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
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The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
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The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
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The children of the gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
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The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
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the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
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the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
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the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
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the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
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the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
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the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
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the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
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the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
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the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
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the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
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the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
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The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
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the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
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All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
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These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses and their offspring,(a) whether they were of Israel:
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the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
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Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
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These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.
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The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
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in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
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Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.

Offerings by the Exiles

(Exodus 38:21–31; Nehemiah 7:70–73)
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Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.
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They gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold,(b) five thousand minas (c) of silver, and one hundred priestsgarments.
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So the priests and the Levites, with some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Fußnoten

(a)2:59 or, seed
(b)2:69 a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
(c)2:69 A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.