Ezra 2
Open in the reader1Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Confusion by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Foundation-of-Peace and Praised, each to his own town,
2accompanied by Sown-in-Confusion, He-Who-Is-Saves, He-Who-Is-Comforts, He-Who-Is-Has-Prevailed, He-Who-Is-Causes-Trembling, Mordecai, Inquirer, Mispar, Bigvai, Compassionate, and In-Affliction. This is the count of the men of Strives-with-God:
3the descendants of Flea, 2,172;
4the descendants of He-Who-Is-Has-Judged, 372;
5the descendants of Traveler, 775;
6the descendants of Governor-of-Moab (through the line of He-Who-Is-Saves and He-Who-Is-Father), 2,812;
7the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
8the descendants of Zattu, 945;
9the descendants of Pure, 760;
10the descendants of Built, 642;
11the descendants of Bebai, 623;
12the descendants of Strong-Is-Fortune, 1,222;
13the descendants of My-Lord-Has-Risen, 666;
14the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;
15the descendants of Delicate, 454;
16the descendants of Maimed (through He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened), 98;
17the descendants of Bezai, 323;
18the descendants of Jorah, 112;
19the descendants of Hashum, 223;
20the descendants of Mighty-Man, 95;
21the men of House-of-Bread, 123;
22the men of Dropping, 56;
23the men of Answers, 128;
24the descendants of Death-Is-Strong, 42;
25the men of City-of-Forests, Lioness-Village, and Wells, 743;
26the men of The-Height and Hillock, 621;
27the men of Michmash, 122;
28the men House-of-God House-of-God and The-Ruin, 223;
29the descendants of Nebo, 52;
30the descendants of Magbish, 156;
31the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
32the descendants of Devoted, 320;
33the men of Lod, Sharp, and Strong, 725;
34the men of Moon, 345;
35and the descendants of Thorny, 3,630.
36The priests: The descendants of He-Who-Is-Has-Known (through the house of He-Who-Is-Saves), 973;
37the descendants of He-Has-Said, 1,052;
38the descendants of Liberation, 1,247;
39and the descendants of Devoted, 1,017.
40The Joined-Ones: the descendants of He-Who-Is-Saves and God-Is-Before-Me (through the line of Give-Thanks-to-He-Who-Is ), 74.
41The singers: the descendants of Gatherer, 128.
42The gatekeepers: the descendants of Requital, the descendants of Maimed, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Insidious, the descendants of Explorer, and the descendants of Captive, 139 in all.
43The temple servants: the descendants of Parched, the descendants of Stripped, the descendants of Rings,
44the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Ransom,
45the descendants of White, the descendants of Locust, the descendants of Insidious,
46the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of My-Peace, the descendants of Gracious,
47the descendants of He-Has-Magnified, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of He-Who-Is-Has-Seen,
48the descendants of Delightful, the descendants of Speckled, the descendants of Devourer,
49the descendants of Strength, the descendants of Limping, the descendants of Domineering,
50the descendants of Thorn-Bush, the descendants of Dwelling-Folk, the descendants of Nephusim,
51the descendants of Flask, the descendants of Bent-One, the descendants of Harhur,
52the descendants of Stripping, the descendants of Riddle, the descendants of Harsha,
53the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Tamah,
54the descendants of Eminent, and the descendants of Snatched.
55The descendants of the servants of Peace: the descendants of Roving, the descendants of HasScribe, the descendants of Separated,
56the descendants of Mountain-Goat, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of He-Has-Magnified,
57the descendants of He-Who-Is-Has-Judged, the descendants of Wavering, the descendants Trapper-of-Gazelles Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami.
58The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Peace numbered 392 in all.
59The following came up from Mound-of-Salt, Mound-of-the-Craftsman, Cherub, Lordly-Place, and He-Has-Said, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Strives-with-God:
60the descendants of He-Who-Is-Has-Drawn-Out, the descendants of Good-of-He-Who-Is, and the descendants of Speckled, 652 in all.
61And from among the priests: the descendants of He-Who-Is-Has-Hidden, the descendants of The-Thorn, and the descendants of Iron-Man (who had married a daughter of Iron-Man the Witness-Heap-One and was called by their name).
62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
63The governor ordered them not to eat the most devoted things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
64The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
65in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
66They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68When they arrived at the house of He-Who-Is in Foundation-of-Peace, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
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.
70So the priests, the Joined-Ones, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the children of Strives-with-God settled in their towns.