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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1)_
2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3)
3. The priests (Ezra 2:36)
4. The Levites and singers (Ez
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A LIST OF THE EXILES WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL. See the Greek Ezra
(1 Esdras) Esther 5:7 and Nehemiah 7:6_ a_, where this list also
occurs, though with some variations.
Ezra 2:1 a. province: Heb....
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Names of households or families. Many of these names occur again in
other lists, e.g. Ezra 8:1-14; Ezra 10:18-44; Nehemiah 10:1-27, and in
connexion with much later events in the lifetime of Ezra and...
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2. The list really begins with laymen, simply men of the people of
Israel.
TEXT, EZRA 2:2Ezra 2:2
2b
The number of the men of the people of Israel:
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the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
4
the sons of Sh...
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_THE CHILDREN OF ARAH, SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY AND FIVE._
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. The number is
stated in Nehemiah 7:1 to have been only 652. It is probable that all
menti...
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THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED
1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa (Ezra 5:8). HAD
CARRIED AWAY] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. EVERY ONE UNTO HIS CITY] i.e.
to the provincial t...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 2
In the Book of Ezra, there are many names. Some of these people were
leaders. However, Ezra also refers to many people who were not
wel...
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בְּנֵ֣י אָרַ֔ח שְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וְ...
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THE SECOND EXODUS
Ezra 2:1
THE journey of the returning exiles from Babylon has some points of
resemblance to the exodus of their fathers from Egypt. On both
occasions the Israelites had been sufferi...
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Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f
Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds
in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the nam...
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_Seven. 2 Esdras, only 652. These arrived at Jerusalem; the rest
altered their mind. (Junius) (Calmet) --- But 3 Esdras has 756: so
that there is most probably a mistake somewhere. (Haydock)_...
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No doubt during the captivity a faithful register was kept of the
several families, and therefore their number was the more clearly
ascertained. Chiefly with an eye to the promised Messiah, each fathe...
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Nevertheless, God still gives the people-guilty under the law-an
opportunity for the exercise of faith. Let us examine the principles
that characterise the energy of the Holy Ghost in the people at th...
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Ezra 2:3....
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1 The number that returne, of the people,
36 of the Priests,
40 of the Leuites,
43 of the Nethinims,
55 of Solomons seruants,
62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree.
64 The whole...
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The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. That many were
enrolled in the lists of the descendants of Arah, but more than a
hundred fewer actually settled in Judah and were there mustered,...
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THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE PEOPLE...
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LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES
(vv. 1-58)
This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual
who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is
recorded, and the tota...
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1-35 An account was kept of the families that came up out of
captivity. See how sin lowers a nation, which righteousness would
exalt!...
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In NEHEMIAH 7:10, they were only six hundred and fifty-two. It seems
seven hundred and seventy-five marched out of Babylon, or gave in
their names that they would go; but some of them died, others cha...
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EZRA 2:5 PEOPLE H1121 ARAH H733 SEVEN H7651 HUNDRED H3967 SEVENTY-FIVE
H7657 H2568
Arah - Ne
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A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM IN THE INITIAL
STAGES (EZRA 2:1).
In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from
Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus' edic...
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CONTENTS: The returning remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel.
CONCLUSION: Sin debases and diminishes a nation but God always has a
faithful remnant who love the ceremonies of His house and give
libe...
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Ezra 2:1. _The children of the province._ Judea under Zedekiah was
reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may
import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of
Babyl...
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_The number of the men of the people of Israel._
A SUGGESTIVE RECORD
Consider--
I. The significance of the fact of the record.
1. It Was an honour to the pious and patriotic ones who returned.
2....
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EZRA 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long
chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in
their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch.
Ez...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:2 The laity is described partly by kinship (vv.
Ezra 2:2) and partly by place (vv. Ezra 2:20), without a real
distincti
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have _the list of
those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their
contributions for rebuilding the Temple_. The contents may be arrange...
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EXPOSITION
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY WITH ZERUBBABEL, AND
THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS (Ezra 2:1). It has
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So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty
thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and
the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginni...
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Nehemiah 6:18; Nehemiah 7:10...
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Seven hundred, &c. — In Nehemiah 7:10, they were only six hundred
and fifty two, it seems seven hundred and seventy five marched out of
Babylon, but some of them died, others were hindered by sickness...