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Book of Ezra, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Ezra—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And these were the sons of the jurisdictional district[a]1 that went up out of the captivity of the exiled2 people whom Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar the king of Babylon had taken into exile3 at Babylon and who later returned4 to Jerusalem and Judah,5 each one to his own city;
  2. those who came with Ze·rubʹba·bel,6 Jeshʹu·a,[b]7 Ne·he·miʹah, Se·raiʹah,[c]8 Re·el·aiʹah,[d] Morʹde·cai, Bilʹshan, Misʹpar,[e] Bigʹvai, Reʹhum,[f]9 Baʹa·nah.
    ¶ The number of the men of the people of Israel:
  3. The sons of Paʹrosh,10 two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
  4. the sons of Sheph·a·tiʹah,11 three hundred and seventy-two;
  5. the sons of Aʹrah,12 seven hundred and seventy-five;
  6. the sons of Paʹhath-moʹab,[g]13 of the sons of Jeshʹu·a [and] Joʹab,14 two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
  7. the sons of Eʹlam,15 a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
  8. the sons of Zatʹtu,16 nine hundred and forty-five;
  9. the sons of Zacʹcai,17 seven hundred and sixty;
  10. the sons of Baʹni,[h]18 six hundred and forty-two;
  11. the sons of Beʹbai,19 six hundred and twenty-three;
  12. the sons of Azʹgad,20 a thousand two hundred and twenty-two;
  13. the sons of Ad·o·niʹkam,21 six hundred and sixty-six;
  14. the sons of Bigʹvai,22 two thousand and fifty-six;
  15. the sons of Aʹdin,23 four hundred and fifty-four;
  16. the sons of Aʹter,24 of Hez·e·kiʹah, ninety-eight;
  17. the sons of Beʹzai,25 three hundred and twenty-three;
  18. the sons of Joʹrah,[i] a hundred and twelve;
  19. the sons of Haʹshum,26 two hundred and twenty-three;
  20. the sons of Gibʹbar,[j]27 ninety-five;
  21. the sons of Bethʹle·hem,28 a hundred and twenty-three;
  22. the men of Ne·toʹphah,29 fifty-six;
  23. the men of Anʹa·thoth,30 a hundred and twenty-eight;
  24. the sons of Azʹma·veth,31 forty-two;
  25. the sons of Kirʹi·ath-jeʹa·rim,32 Che·phiʹrah and Be·erʹoth, seven hundred and forty-three;
  26. the sons of Raʹmah33 and Geʹba,34 six hundred and twenty-one;
  27. the men of Michʹmas,35 a hundred and twenty-two;
  28. the men of Bethʹel36 and Aʹi,37 two hundred and twenty-three;
  29. the sons of Neʹbo,[k]38 fifty-two;
  30. the sons of Magʹbish, a hundred and fifty-six;
  31. the sons of the other Eʹlam,39 a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
  32. the sons of Haʹrim,40 three hundred and twenty;
  33. the sons of Lod,41 Haʹdid42 and Oʹno,43 seven hundred and twenty-five;
  34. the sons of Jerʹi·cho,44 three hundred and forty-five;
  35. the sons of Se·naʹah,45 three thousand six hundred and thirty.
  36. ¶ The priests:46 The sons of Je·daʹiah47 of the house of Jeshʹu·a48 nine hundred and seventy-three;
  37. the sons of Imʹmer,49 a thousand and fifty-two;
  38. the sons of Pashʹhur,50 a thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
  39. the sons of Haʹrim,51 a thousand and seventeen.
  40. ¶ The Levites:52 The sons of Jeshʹu·a53 and Kadʹmi·el,54 of the sons of Hod·a·viʹah,55 seventy-four.
  41. The singers, the sons of Aʹsaph,56 a hundred and twenty-eight.
  42. The sons of the gatekeepers, the sons of Shalʹlum,57 the sons of Aʹter,58 the sons of Talʹmon,59 the sons of Akʹkub,60 the sons of Ha·tiʹta,61 the sons of Shoʹbai, all together, a hundred and thirty-nine.
  43. ¶ The Nethʹi·nim:[l]62 The sons of Ziʹha, the sons of Ha·suʹpha, the sons of Tab·baʹoth,63
  44. the sons of Keʹros, the sons of Siʹa·ha, the sons of Paʹdon,64
  45. the sons of Le·baʹnah, the sons of Hagʹa·bah, the sons of Akʹkub,65
  46. the sons of Haʹgab, the sons of Salʹmai,66 the sons of Haʹnan,
  47. the sons of Gidʹdel, the sons of Gaʹhar,67 the sons of Re·aʹiah,
  48. the sons of Reʹzin,68 the sons of Ne·koʹda,69 the sons of Gazʹzam,
  49. the sons of Uzʹza, the sons of Pa·seʹah,70 the sons of Beʹsai,
  50. the sons of Asʹnah, the sons of Me·uʹnim, the sons of Ne·phuʹsim;71
  51. the sons of Bakʹbuk, the sons of Ha·kuʹpha, the sons of Harʹhur,72
  52. the sons of Bazʹluth, the sons of Me·hiʹda, the sons of Harʹsha,73
  53. the sons of Barʹkos, the sons of Sisʹe·ra, the sons of Teʹmah,74
  54. the sons of Ne·ziʹah, the sons of Ha·tiʹpha.75
  55. ¶ The sons of the servants of Solʹo·mon:76 The sons of Soʹtai, the sons of So·pheʹreth, the sons of Pe·ruʹda,77
  56. the sons of Jaʹa·lah, the sons of Darʹkon, the sons of Gidʹdel,78
  57. the sons of Sheph·a·tiʹah, the sons of Hatʹtil, the sons of Poʹche·reth-haz·ze·baʹim, the sons of Aʹmi.79
  58. ¶ All the Nethʹi·nim80 and the sons of the servants of Solʹo·mon were three hundred and ninety-two.81
  59. ¶ And these were the ones going up from Tel-meʹlah, Tel-harʹsha, Cheʹrub, Adʹdon [and] Imʹmer, and they proved unable to tell the house of their fathers and their origin,[m]82 whether they were of Israel:
  60. the sons of De·laʹiah, the sons of To·biʹah, the sons of Ne·koʹda,83 six hundred and fifty-two.
  61. And of the sons of the priests:84 the sons of Ha·baiʹah, the sons of Hakʹkoz,85 the sons of Bar·zilʹlai,86 who took a wife from the daughters of Bar·zilʹlai87 the Gilʹe·ad·ite and came to be called by their name.
  62. These were the ones that looked for their register to establish their genealogy publicly, and they did not find themselves, so that they were barred as polluted from the priesthood.88
  63. Consequently the Tir·shaʹtha[n]89 said to them that they could not eat90 from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Uʹrim91 and Thumʹmim.[o]
  64. ¶ The entire congregation[p] as one group92 was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,93
  65. apart from their men slaves and their slave girls, these being seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male singers94 and female singers.
  66. Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,95
  67. their camels four hundred and thirty-five, [their] asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.96
  68. ¶ And certain ones of the heads97 of the paternal98 houses, on coming to the house of Jehovah,99 which was in Jerusalem,100 made voluntary101 offerings to the house of the [true] God, to cause it to stand on its own site.102
  69. According to their power they gave gold103 for the working supplies, sixty-one thousand drachmas,[q] and silver,104 five thousand miʹnas,[r] and a hundred robes105 of priests.
  70. And the priests and the Levites and some of the people,106 and the singers and the gatekeepers and the Nethʹi·nim took up dwelling in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.107

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Jurisdictional district.” Lat., pro·vinʹci·ae.
  2. ^ “Jeshua.” Heb., Ye·shuʹaʽ; in Hag 1:1 and Zec 3:1, “Joshua”; LXX, “Jesus.”
  3. ^ “Azariah” in Ne 7:7.
  4. ^ “Raamiah” in Ne 7:7.
  5. ^ “Mispereth” in Ne 7:7.
  6. ^ “Nehum” in Ne 7:7.
  7. ^ Meaning “Governor of Moab.”
  8. ^ “Binnui” in Ne 7:15.
  9. ^ “Hariph” in Ne 7:24.
  10. ^ “Gibeon” in Ne 7:25.
  11. ^ “The other Nebo” in Ne 7:33.
  12. ^ “The Nethinim.” Or, “The temple slaves.” Lit., “The given ones.” Heb., han·Nethi·nimʹ. Compare Nu 3:9 ftn.
  13. ^ Lit., “seed.”
  14. ^ “The Tirshatha.” Heb., hat·Tir·shaʹthaʼ, the Persian title for a governor of a jurisdictional district.
  15. ^ See Ex 28:30 ftn, “Thummim.”
  16. ^ “The entire congregation.” Heb., kol-haq·qa·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹa.
  17. ^ A drachma was generally equated with the Persian gold daric that weighed 8.4 g (0.27 oz t). Not the drachma of the Greek Scriptures.
  18. ^ A mina weighed 570 g (18.35 oz t). Not the mina of the Greek Scriptures.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ne 7:6
  2. ^ 2Ki 24:15; 25:11
  3. ^ 2Ki 24:16; 2Ch 36:20; La 1:3
  4. ^ De 30:3; Ps 147:2; Je 32:37; Eze 34:13
  5. ^ Ezr 1:3
  6. ^ Ezr 1:11; Ne 7:7; Hg 1:1, 14; 2:21; Mt 1:12
  7. ^ Ezr 3:8; 5:2; Hg 1:12; 2:4; Zc 3:1
  8. ^ Ne 7:7
  9. ^ Ezr 4:8
  10. ^ Ezr 8:3; Ne 7:8; 10:14
  11. ^ Ezr 8:8; Ne 7:9
  12. ^ Ne 6:18; 7:10
  13. ^ Ezr 8:4; 10:30; Ne 3:11; 7:11; 10:14
  14. ^ Ezr 8:9; Ne 7:11
  15. ^ Ezr 8:7; 10:26; Ne 7:12
  16. ^ Ezr 10:27; Ne 7:13
  17. ^ Ne 7:14
  18. ^ Ezr 10:34
  19. ^ Ezr 8:11; Ne 7:16
  20. ^ Ezr 8:12; Ne 7:17
  21. ^ Ne 7:18
  22. ^ Ezr 8:14; Ne 7:19
  23. ^ Ezr 8:6; Ne 7:20
  24. ^ Ne 7:21
  25. ^ Ne 7:23
  26. ^ Ezr 10:33; Ne 7:22
  27. ^ Ne 7:25
  28. ^ 1Sa 17:12; 1Ch 4:4; Ne 7:26
  29. ^ 1Ch 2:54; Ne 7:26
  30. ^ Jos 21:18; Ne 7:27; Je 1:1; 32:8
  31. ^ Ne 7:28; 12:29
  32. ^ Jos 9:17; Ne 7:29
  33. ^ Jos 18:25; 1Ki 15:17; Ne 7:30; 11:33
  34. ^ Jos 18:24; Zc 14:10
  35. ^ 1Sa 13:5; Ne 7:31
  36. ^ Ne 7:32; 11:31
  37. ^ Ge 12:8; Jos 7:2; 8:17
  38. ^ Ezr 10:43; Ne 7:33
  39. ^ Ne 7:34
  40. ^ Ezr 10:31; Ne 7:35; 10:27
  41. ^ 1Ch 8:12; Ne 11:35
  42. ^ Ne 7:37; 11:34
  43. ^ Ne 6:2
  44. ^ 1Ki 16:34; Ne 7:36
  45. ^ Ne 7:38
  46. ^ Nu 3:3
  47. ^ 1Ch 9:10; 24:7; Ne 11:10
  48. ^ 1Ch 24:11; Ne 7:39
  49. ^ 1Ch 24:14; Ezr 10:20; Ne 7:40
  50. ^ 1Ch 9:12; Ezr 10:22; Ne 7:41
  51. ^ 1Ch 24:8; Ezr 10:21; Ne 7:42
  52. ^ Nu 3:6
  53. ^ Ne 10:9; 12:8, 24
  54. ^ Ezr 3:9
  55. ^ Ne 7:43
  56. ^ 1Ch 6:39; 15:17; 25:1; Ne 7:44; 11:17
  57. ^ Je 35:4
  58. ^ Ne 7:45
  59. ^ 1Ch 9:17; Ne 11:19
  60. ^ Ne 12:25
  61. ^ Ne 7:45
  62. ^ Jos 9:21, 27; 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 2:58; Ne 3:26
  63. ^ Ne 7:46
  64. ^ Ne 7:47
  65. ^ Ne 12:25
  66. ^ Ne 7:48
  67. ^ Ne 7:49
  68. ^ Ne 7:50
  69. ^ Ezr 2:60
  70. ^ Ne 7:51
  71. ^ Ne 7:52
  72. ^ Ne 7:53
  73. ^ Ne 7:54
  74. ^ Ne 7:55
  75. ^ Ne 7:56
  76. ^ 1Ki 9:21
  77. ^ Ne 7:57
  78. ^ Ne 7:58
  79. ^ Ne 7:59
  80. ^ Ezr 2:43
  81. ^ Ne 7:60
  82. ^ Ne 7:61
  83. ^ Ne 7:62
  84. ^ 1Ch 24:1
  85. ^ 1Ch 24:10; Ne 3:21
  86. ^ Ne 7:63
  87. ^ 2Sa 17:27; 19:31; 1Ki 2:7
  88. ^ Nu 3:10; 16:40; 18:7; Ne 7:64
  89. ^ Ne 7:65
  90. ^ Le 2:3; 6:26; Nu 18:11
  91. ^ Ex 28:30; Le 8:8; Nu 27:21; De 33:8; 1Sa 28:6
  92. ^ Ezr 9:8; Ne 1:2; Is 10:21
  93. ^ Ne 7:66; Je 23:3
  94. ^ 2Ch 35:25; Ne 7:67; Ps 68:25
  95. ^ Ne 7:68
  96. ^ Ne 7:69
  97. ^ Ezr 1:5
  98. ^ 1Ch 23:11
  99. ^ Ezr 1:3
  100. ^ Ezr 1:4
  101. ^ Ex 35:5; 1Ch 29:5; Ne 7:70; 2Co 9:7
  102. ^ 1Ch 21:18; 2Ch 3:1
  103. ^ Ne 7:71
  104. ^ Ezr 8:25
  105. ^ Ne 7:72
  106. ^ Ezr 6:16, 17
  107. ^ Ne 7:73; 11:3

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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