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The List of Those Who Returned from Exile
(Ezra 2.1–70; Nehemiah 7.4–73)
1 After this, the heads of clans
were chosen, tribe by tribe, to
go to Jerusalem with their wives,
children, slaves, and animals.
2 Emperor
Darius sent a thousand cavalry
troops to escort them safely
back to Jerusalem.
3 He sent them
off to the music of drums and flutes,
while all their fellow countrymen
danced for joy.
4 These are the names, by tribes,
clans, and families, of the men who
returned:
5 Among the priests, descendants
of Phinehas son of Aaron,
was Joshua, son of Jozadak and
grandson of Seraiah. He was accompanied
by Zerubbabel, note who was the
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son of Shealtiel of the family of David,
of the line of Perez, of the tribe
of Judah.
6 He was the one who had
spoken the wise words before Emperor
Darius of Persia. They left
Babylon in the second year of his
reign in Nisan, the first month.
7 These are the Jewish men who
returned from exile. Their families
had been living in Babylonia since
King Nebuchadnezzar had taken
them there as prisoners.
8 They returned
to Jerusalem and the rest of
Judah, each to his own hometown.
Their leaders were Zerubbabel,
Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Resaiah,
Eneneus, Mordecai, Beelsarus,
Aspharasus, Reeliah, Rehum,
and Baanah.
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17 The following is a list of the
clans of Israel, with the number of
those from each clan who returned
with their leaders from exile:
Parosh2,172
Shephatiah472
Arah756
Pahath Moab
(descendants of Jeshua
and Joab)2,812
Elam1,254
Zattu945
Chorbe705
Bani648
Bebai623
Azgad1,322
Adonikam667
Bigvai2,066
Adin454
Ater (also called
Hezekiah)92
Kilan and Azetas67
Azaru432
Annias101
Arom—
Bezai323
Arsiphurith112
Baiterus3,005
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23 People whose ancestors had
lived in the following towns also returned:
Bethlehem123
Netophah55
Anathoth158
Beth Azmaveth42
Kiriath Jearim25
Chephirah and Beeroth743
the towns of the
Chadiasans and the
Ammidians422
Ramah and Geba621
Michmash122
Bethel52
Magbish156
The other Elam and Ono725
Jericho345
Senaah3,330
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25 The following is the list of the
priestly clans that returned from
exile:
Jedaiah (descendants of
Jeshua and Anasib)972
Immer1,052
Pashhur1,247
Harim1,017
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27
28 Clans of Levites who returned
from exile:
Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bannas,
and Sudias74
Temple musicians
(descendants of Asaph)128
Temple guards
(descendants of
Shallum, Ater, Talmon,
Akkub, Hatita, and
Shobai)139
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32 Clans of Temple workmen
who returned from exile:
Esau, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
Keros, Siaha, Padon,
Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
Uthai, Ketab, Hagab,
Shamlai, Hanan, Cathua,
Geddur, Jairus, Daisan,
Noeba, Chaseba, Gazera,
Uzza, Phinoe, Asara,
Besai, Asnah, Meunim,
Nephisim, Akub, Hakupha,
Asur, Pharakim, Bazluth,
Mehida, Cutha, Charea,
Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
Neziah, Hatipha
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34 Clans of Solomon's servants
who returned from exile:
Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaalah,
Lozon, Giddel, Shephatiah,
Agia, Phochereth Hazzebaim,
Sarothie, Masiah, Gas,
Addus, Subas, Apherra,
Barodis, Shaphat, Adlon
35 The total number of descendants
of the Temple workmen and of
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Solomon's servants who returned
from exile was 372.
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37 There were 652 belonging to
the clans of Delaiah (descendants of
Tobiah) and Nekoda who returned
from the towns of Tel Melah and Tel
Harsha, with their leaders Cherub,
Addan, and Immer; but these could
not prove that they were descendants
of Israelites.
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39 The following clans, who
claimed to be priestly clans, could
find no record to prove their ancestry:
Habaiah, Hakkoz, Jaddus (the
ancestor of the clan of Jaddus had
married Agia, one of the daughers of
Barzillai, and had taken the name of
his father-in-law's clan). Since they
were unable to prove who their ancestors
were, they were not allowed
to function as priests.
40 Nehemiah
the governor note told them that they
could not eat the food offered to God
until there was a High Priest who
could use the Revelation and Truth. note note
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43 The total number of
Israelites (twelve years
old or older, not
counting servants)42,360
Male and female servants7,337
Male and female musicians245
Camels435
Horses7,036
Mules245
Donkeys5,525
44 When the exiles arrived at the
place of God's Temple in Jerusalem,
some of the leaders of the clans took
a vow to rebuild the Temple on its
old site, to the best of their ability.
45 They promised to contribute for
the rebuilding and the service of the
Temple 1,000 pounds of gold, 5,000
pounds of silver, and 100 robes for
priests.
46 The priests, the Levites, and
some of the people settled in or near
Jerusalem; the musicians and the
Temple guards settled in nearby
towns; and the rest of the Israelites
settled in the towns where their ancestors
had lived. note
Worship Begins Again
(Ezra 3.1–6)
47 By the seventh month the people
of Israel were all settled in their
towns. Then they all assembled in
the open square in front of the first
gate on the east side of the Temple
area.
48 Joshua son of Jehozadak, his
fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son
of Shealtiel, together with his relatives,
prepared the altar of the God
of Israel,
49 so that they could burn
sacrifices on it according to the instructions
written in the Law of
Moses, the man of God.
50 Some of
the local people, even though they
were stronger than the Jews and opposed
to them, joined them note in rebuilding
the altar where it had stood
before. Then the Jews began once
again to burn the regular morning
and evening sacrifices on the altar.
51 They celebrated the Festival of
Shelters, according to the regulations,
each day offering the sacrifices
required for that day.
52 They
also offered the normal daily sacrifices,
as well as those required for
the Sabbath, the New Moon Festival,
and the other regular assemblies
for worship. note
53 Although the people
had not yet rebuilt God's Temple,
everyone who had made a vow to
God began to offer sacrifices on the
first day of the seventh month.
The Rebuilding of the Temple Begins
(Ezra 3.7–13)
54 The people gave money to pay
the stonemasons and the carpenters;
they gave food, drink,
55 and carts to
be sent to the cities of Tyre and Sidon
in exchange for cedar logs from
Lebanon, which were to be floated
to the harbor at Joppa. All of this
was done according to the orders
given by Emperor Cyrus of Persia.
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57 So in the second month of the
year after they came back to the site
of the Temple in Jerusalem, they
started the work and began laying
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the foundation. Zerubbabel, Joshua,
and the rest of their fellow countrymen,
the priests, and the Levites—in
fact, all the exiles who had come
back to Jerusalem, joined in the
work.
58 The Levites twenty years of
age or older were put in charge of
rebuilding the Temple for the Lord.
The Levite Jeshua and his sons and
relatives, his brother Kadmiel, the
sons of Jeshua Emadabun, the sons
of Joda son of Iliadun, and all their
sons and relatives—in fact, all the
Levites joined together to take
charge of the rebuilding of the Temple.
58 While the workmen were building
the Temple of the Lord,
59 the priests
in their robes took their places with
trumpets and other musical instruments
in their hands, and the Levites
of the clan of Asaph stood there with
cymbals.
60 They praised the Lord
and gave thanks to him according to
the instructions handed down from
the time of King David. note
61 They sang
psalms praising the Lord, repeating
the refrain: “The goodness of the
Lord and his glorious presence are
with all Israel forever.” note
62 All the
people blew trumpets and shouted
with all their might, praising the
Lord because the Temple was being
rebuilt.
63 Some of the older priests,
Levites, and heads of clans had seen
the first Temple, and when they
came and saw the building of this
Temple, they cried and wailed.
64 Others who were there blew trumpets
and shouted for joy.
65 The
crowd blew the trumpets so loud
that the blast could be heard far
away, but no one nearby could hear
the blast of the trumpets because
the sound made by those who were
crying and wailing was so loud.
Opposition to the Rebuilding
of the Temple
(Ezra 4.1–5)
66 The enemies of the tribes of Judah
and Benjamin heard the sound
of the trumpets and came to see
what it meant.
67 When they learned
that those who had returned from
exile were rebuilding the Temple of
the Lord, the God of Israel,
68 they
went to Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the
heads of the clans and said, “Let us
join you in building the Temple. note
69 We worship the same Lord you
worship and we have been offering
sacrifices to him ever since Emperor
Esarhaddon note of Assyria sent us here
to live.”
70 Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the
heads of the clans told them, “We
don't need your help in building the
Temple for the Lord our God.
71 We
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will build it ourselves, just as Emperor
Cyrus of Persia commanded
us.”
72 Then the people who had been
living in the land began to harass note
the Jews; they cut off their supplies
and kept them from building.
73 These people plotted, agitated, and
rioted so much that they prevented
the Temple from being completed
during the reign of Emperor Cyrus.
The work was halted until Darius
became emperor, two years later.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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