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Names and records establish continuity, clarify roles, and protect the integrity of worship and leadership. Ezra uses genealogies to show that the restored community is historically grounded and publicly accountable.
1Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
2who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
36The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
59These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers` houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
62These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
1Now these are the heads of their fathers` [houses], and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
3Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
1The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
2The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.
25As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and the towns of it, and in Dibon and the towns of it, and in Jekabzeel and the villages of it,
26and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,
27and in Hazar-shual, and in Beersheba and the towns of it,
28and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
29and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields of it, Azekah and the towns of it. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
31The children of Benjamin also [lived] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and the towns of it,
32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36Of the Levites, certain courses in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.
3Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah lived everyone in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon`s servants.
4In Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
5and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
6All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
7These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.
8After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
9Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
12In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers` [houses]: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers` [houses]; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23The sons of Levi, heads of fathers` [houses], were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
1Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
9Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
10Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
11and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
39The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
40The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
41The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
42The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.
43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
44The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.
5My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
6These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;
7who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
61These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers` houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.
63Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
64These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
65The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
66The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
67besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
68Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
69[their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
70Some from among the heads of fathers` [houses] gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests` garments.
71Some of the heads of fathers` [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.
72That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests` garments.
73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
8The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
9The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
10The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.
11The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred [and] eighteen.
12The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
13The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.
14The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
15The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
16The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.
17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
18The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.
19The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
20The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.
21The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22The children of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight.
23The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.
24The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
25The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.
27The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
28The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.
29The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
31The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.
32The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
33The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
34The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.
38The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.