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Ezra 2:60 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two. "
Ezra 2:60
Verse in Context
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58 All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
59 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses and their offspring, whether they were of Israel:
60 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
61 Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
62 These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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Ezra 2:1
"Now 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;"
Ezra 2:2
"who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:"
Ezra 2:3
"The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two."
Ezra 2:4
"The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two."
Ezra 2:5
"The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five."
Ezra 2:6
"The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve."
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