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Number of Those Returning

Now these are [a]the people of the province [of Judah] who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had deported to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. These came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, [b]Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, [c]Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:1 Tens of thousands of the Jews returned, but many of the exiles declined the offer and remained in Babylon.
  2. Ezra 2:2 Not the author of the Book of Nehemiah.
  3. Ezra 2:2 Not the relative of Esther.

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