Ezra 2 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Number of Those Returning

(Neh 7:6–73 )

Ezr 2:1Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

Ezr 2:2

Ezr 2:2Who went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah, The number of the men of the people of Israel:

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Ezr 2:3The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.

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Ezr 2:4The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.

Ezr 2:5

Ezr 2:5The children of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five.

Ezr 2:6

Ezr 2:6The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.

Ezr 2:7

Ezr 2:7The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.

Ezr 2:8

Ezr 2:8The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.

Ezr 2:9

Ezr 2:9The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

Ezr 2:10

Ezr 2:10The children of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.

Ezr 2:11

Ezr 2:11The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.

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Ezr 2:12The children of Azgad, a thousand, two hundred and twenty-two.

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Ezr 2:13The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.

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Ezr 2:14The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.

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Ezr 2:15The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.

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Ezr 2:16The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

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Ezr 2:17The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three.

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Ezr 2:18The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.

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Ezr 2:19The children of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.

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Ezr 2:20The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.

Ezr 2:21

Ezr 2:21The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred and twenty-three.

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Ezr 2:22The men of Netophah, fifty-six.

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Ezr 2:23The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.

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Ezr 2:24The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.

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Ezr 2:25The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

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Ezr 2:26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

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Ezr 2:27The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.

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Ezr 2:28The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.

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Ezr 2:29The children of Nebo, fifty-two.

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Ezr 2:30The children of Magbish, a hundred and fifty-six.

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Ezr 2:31The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.

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Ezr 2:32The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

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Ezr 2:33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.

Ezr 2:34

Ezr 2:34The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

Ezr 2:35

Ezr 2:35The children of Senaah, three thousand, six hundred and thirty.

Priests Returning

Ezr 2:36

Ezr 2:36The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

Ezr 2:37

Ezr 2:37The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.

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Ezr 2:38The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.

Ezr 2:39

Ezr 2:39The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

Levites Returning

Ezr 2:40

Ezr 2:40The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

Ezr 2:41

Ezr 2:41The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight

Ezr 2:42

Ezr 2:42The children of the door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-nine.

Ezr 2:43

Ezr 2:43The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

Ezr 2:44

Ezr 2:44The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

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Ezr 2:45The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,

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Ezr 2:46The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,

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Ezr 2:47The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

Ezr 2:48

Ezr 2:48The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

Ezr 2:49

Ezr 2:49The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,

Ezr 2:50

Ezr 2:50The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,

Ezr 2:51

Ezr 2:51The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

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Ezr 2:52The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

Ezr 2:53

Ezr 2:53The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

Ezr 2:54

Ezr 2:54The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

Ezr 2:55

Ezr 2:55The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,

Ezr 2:56

Ezr 2:56The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

Ezr 2:57

Ezr 2:57The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.

Ezr 2:58

Ezr 2:58All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.

Ezr 2:59

Ezr 2:59And these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. But having no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain that they were Israelites;

Ezr 2:60

Ezr 2:60The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.

Priests Removed

Ezr 2:61

Ezr 2:61And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.

Ezr 2:62

Ezr 2:62They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

Ezr 2:63

Ezr 2:63And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

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Ezr 2:64The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty,

Ezr 2:65

Ezr 2:65As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.

Ezr 2:66

Ezr 2:66They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts,

Ezr 2:67

Ezr 2:67Four hundred and thirty-five camels, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses.

Ezr 2:68

Ezr 2:68And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:

Ezr 2:69

Ezr 2:69Every one, as he was able, gave for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand pounds of silver and a hundred priests' robes.

Ezr 2:70

Ezr 2:70So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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