527. Exiles Who Returned with Zerubbabel ⏤ Ezra 2

527.


Number of Those Returning

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Today's Passage: Ezra 2

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25th Strategy.
Genealogies, Lists, and Such.

• Ask God to open your eyes to the wonders of His plan.
• Read the surrounding text of the list.
• Now read the list.
• Is there a reason the list has been placed in this passage?
• What is the list revealing?
• Is the list of people, items, places, disasters?
• Is the list a positive or a negative?
• Does the list reveal facts?
• If the list is a list of people, could you take a moment and find one of those people on the list that you are drawn to.
• Could you pray a prayer for the descendants of that person?
• Ask God to give you love for your own ancestors and your own heritage.
• Close your times with the LORD thanking Him for the family He put you in.  (if the list of items, Thank Him for your belongings. If the list is of places, ask Him to bless yours. If the list is for disasters ask Him to protect you and yours from those disasters in the future and to protect anyone that is going through them now with the purpose of drawing them closer to HIM.
• Be blessed ⏤ Jezreel ('God Plants') is planting depth into your spirit.
  

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1. Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.
2. There leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai Rehum, and Baanah.

This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
3. The family of Parosh.....................................................................................2,172
4. The family of Shephatiah................................................................................372
5. The family of Arah............................................................................................775
6. The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab)...........2,812
7. The family of Elam.........................................................................................1,254
8. The family of Zattu...........................................................................................945
9. The family of Zaccai.........................................................................................760
10. The family of Bani............................................................................................642
11. The family of Bebai..........................................................................................623
12. The family of Azgad......................................................................................1,222
13. The family of Adonikam..................................................................................666
14. The family of Bigvai......................................................................................2,056
15. The family of Adin............................................................................................454
16. The family Ater (descendants of Hezekiah)...................................................98
17.The family of Bezai............................................................................................323
18. The family of Jorah...........................................................................................112
19. The family of Hashum......................................................................................223
20. The family of Gibbar...........................................................................................95
21. The people of Bethlehem.................................................................................123
22. The people of Netophah.....................................................................................56
23. The people of Anathoth...................................................................................128
24. The people of Beth-azmaveth...........................................................................42
25. The people of Kiriath-jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth...............................743
26. The people of Ramah and Geba.....................................................................621
27. The people of Micmash....................................................................................122
28. The people of Bethel and Ai............................................................................223
29. The citizens of Nebo............................................................................................52
30. The citizens of Magbish....................................................................................156
31. The citizens of Elam.......................................................................................1,254
32. The citizens of Harim........................................................................................320
33. The citizens of Lod, Hadid, and Ono..............................................................725
34. The citizens of Jericho......................................................................................345
35. The citizens of Senaah..................................................................................3,630

36. These are the priests who returned from exile:
The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua)...........................................973
37. The family of Immer......................................................................................1,052
38. The family of Pashhur...................................................................................1,052
39. The family of Harim......................................................................................2,147

40. These are the Levites who returned form exile:
The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah)................74
41. The singers of the family of Asaph................................................................128

42. The gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub,
Hatita, and Shobai...........................................................................................139

43. The descendants of the following Temple servants returned from exile:
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
44. Keros, Siaha, Padon,
45. Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
46. Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
47. Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
48. Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
49. Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
50. Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
51. Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur
52. Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
53.Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
54, Neziah, and Hatipha.

55. The descendants of these servants of King Solomon returned from exile:
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56. Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
57. Shephatiah, Hittil, Pokereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.

58. In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants numbered 392.

59. Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or families were descendants of Israel.
60. This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda ⏤ a total of 652 people.

61. Three families of priests ⏤ Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai ⏤ also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)
62. They searched for their names in the genealogical records but they were not found, so they were disqualified from serving as priests.
63. The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim ⏤ the sacred lots.

64. So a total of 42,360 people returned to Judah,
65. in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.
66. They took with them 736 horses, 245 mules,
67. 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

68. When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God's Temple on its original site,
69. and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.

70. So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.
Ezra 2 NLT

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