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EZR A 3
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The people of Anathoth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The people of Beth-azmaveth* . . . . . . . . . . .42
25 The people of Kiriath-jearim,*
Kephirah, and Beeroth . . . . . . . . . . . . .743
26 The people of Ramah and Geba . . . . . . . . . 621
27 The people of Micmash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
28 The people of Bethel and Ai . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
29 The citizens of Nebo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
30 The citizens of Magbish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
31 The citizens of West Elam* . . . . . . . . . . . 1,254
32 The citizens of Harim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
33 The citizens of Lod, Hadid, and Ono . . . . . 725
34 The citizens of Jericho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
35 The citizens of Senaah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,630
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36 These are the priests who returned from exile:
The family of Jedaiah (through the
line of Jeshua). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .973
37 The family of Immer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052
38 The family of Pashhur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247
39 The family of Harim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017
40 These are the Levites who returned from exile:
The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel
(descendants of Hodaviah) . . . . . . . . . . .74
41 The singers of the family of Asaph . . . . . . 128
42 The gatekeepers of the families
of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub,
Hatita, and Shobai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
43 The
descendants of the following Temple servants returned from exile:
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 these servants of King Sol-
omon returned from exile:
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-hazzebaim,
and Ami.
58 In
all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
2:24 As in parallel text at Neh 7:28; Hebrew reads Azmaveth.
2:25 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see
also Neh 7:29); Hebrew reads Kiriath-arim. 2:31 Or of the
other Elam. 2:46 As in an alternate reading of the Masoretic
Text (see also Neh 7:48); the other alternate reads Shamlai.
2:69a Hebrew 61,000 darics of gold, about 1,100 pounds or
500 kilograms in weight. 2:69b Hebrew 5,000 minas [3,000
kilograms]. 3:1 Hebrew In the seventh month. The year is
not specified, so it may have been during Cyrus’s first year
(538 b.c.) or second year (537 b.c.). The seventh month of the
ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred within the months of
September/October 538 b.c. and October/November 537 b.c.
3:2 Hebrew Jozadak, a variant spelling of Jehozadak; also in 3:8.
59 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. 60 This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda—a total of
652 people.
61 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.) 62 They searched for their names in
the genealogical records, but they were not
found, so they were disqualified from serving
as priests. 63 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.
64 So a total of 42,360 people returned to
Judah, 65 in addition to 7,337 servants and
200 singers, both men and women. 66 They took
with them 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels,
and 6,720 donkeys.
68 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, 69 and
each leader gave as much as he could. The
total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins,*
6,250 pounds* of silver, and 100 robes for the
priests.
70 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.
The Altar Is Rebuilt
In early autumn,* when the Israelites had
settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose.
2 Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak* joined his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with
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• Desires
E ZR A 1:5
The leaders of the Jews dreamed of
rebuilding God’s house in Jerusalem,
and that fueled their passion to return
and do it. To those whose hearts God
had inspired, the desire was given to
accomplish a tremendous task. Any work
we do for the Lord must have behind it
the energy of true desire. God will supply
the desire to do what is important as we
allow him to move our hearts.