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527. Number of Those Returning 1. Today's Passage: Ezra 2 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you for insight. 3. 25th Strategy. Genealogies, Lists, and Such.
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 4. Thank you for coming today. Please leave your initials and a comment. Don't forget to check the box underneath your comment, so replies will be directed to you. And remember, I pray for you every day. And I will be back here tomorrow, I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn Robyn & Biff Cox RR&BC, LLC ©2016 Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation,copyright©1996,2004.Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved
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Rc
7/4/2018 03:48:06 am
Families are important. Keeping track of our genealogy is a good thing. I’m blesssed to have historical family tree information from my mother’s side of our family. Not so much information from my father’s side. However what I find interesting in these lists is the words they gave what they could.
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CC
7/4/2018 09:39:19 am
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CC
7/4/2018 09:39:43 am
Amen!
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Bc
7/4/2018 03:39:12 pm
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