Ezra 2:68 — Meaning and Application

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“And {some} of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which {is} at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:”

Ezra 2:68

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Their horses {were} seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; {their} asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

And {some} of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which {is} at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

So the priests, and the Levites, and {some} of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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Ezra 2:1

"Now these {are} the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;"

Ezra 2:2

"Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: {Seraiah: also called, Azariah} {Reelaiah: or, Raamiah} {Mispar: or, Mispereth} {Rehum: or, Nehum}"

Ezra 2:3

"The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two."

Ezra 2:4

"The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two."

Ezra 2:5

"The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five."

Ezra 2:6

"The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua {and} Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve."

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