# Ezra 2

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Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away 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 men of the people of Israel:
3. the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
4. the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
5. the descendants of Arah, 775;
6. the descendants of Pahath-moab, through the line of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812;
7. the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
8. the descendants of Zattu, 945;
9. the descendants of Zaccai, 760;
10. the descendants of Bani, 642;
11. the descendants of Bebai, 623;
12. the descendants of Azgad, 1,222;
13. the descendants of Adonikam, 666;
14. the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;
15. the descendants of Adin, 454;
16. the descendants of Ater, through Hezekiah, ninety-eight;
17. the descendants of Bezai, 323;
18. the descendants of Jorah, 112;
19. the descendants of Hashum, 223;
20. the descendants of Gibbar, ninety-five;
21. the people of Bethlehem, 123;
22. the men of Netophah, fifty-six;
23. the men of Anathoth, 128;
24. the people of Azmaveth, forty-two;
25. the people of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
26. the people of Ramah and Geba, 621;
27. the men of Michmas, 122;
28. the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
29. the people of Nebo, fifty-two;
30. the people of Magbish, 156;
31. the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
32. the descendants of Harim, 320;
33. the people of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;
34. the people of Jericho, 345;
35. the people of Senaah, 3,630.
36. The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973;
37. the descendants of Immer, 1,052;
38. the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;
39. the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
40. The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the line of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41. The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128.
42. The descendants of the gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 139 in all.
43. The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
44. Keros, Siaha, Padon,
45. Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
46. Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
47. Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
48. Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
49. Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
50. Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
51. Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
52. Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
53. Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
54. Neziah, and Hatipha.
55. The descendants of Solomon’s servants: the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56. Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
57. Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.
58. All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
59. The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their ancestral houses and their descent were from Israel:
60. the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652.
61. And from among the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
62. These men searched for their records among those registered by genealogy, but they could not be found, so they were barred from the priesthood as unclean.
63. The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
64. The whole assembly together numbered 42,360,
65. besides their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337; and they had two hundred male and female singers.
66. Their horses numbered 736, their mules 245,
67. their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.
68. When they arrived at the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the ancestral houses gave freewill offerings for the house of God, to rebuild it on its site.
69. According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work 61,000 gold darics, five thousand silver minas, and one hundred priestly garments.
70. So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their towns, and all Israel settled in their towns.

## Nearby chapters

[Ezra 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ezra/1.md)
[Ezra 3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ezra/3.md)

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