1. Who's Who
Ezra 2
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3. Parosh Shephatiah Arah Pahath-moab Jeshua Joab Elam Zattu Zaccai Bani Bebai Azgad Adonikam Bigvai Adin Ater Hezekiah Bezai Jorah Hashum Gibbar Bethlehem Netophah Anathoth Azmaveth Kiriath-arim Chephirah Beeroth Ramah Geba Michmas Bethel Ai Nebo Magbish Elam Harim Lod Hadid Ono Jericho Senaah Jedaiah Jeshua Immer Pashhur Harim Jeshua Kadmiel Hodaviah Asaph Shallum Ater Talmon Akkub Hatita Shobai Ziha Hasupha Tabbaoth Keros Siaha Padon Lebanah Hagabah Akkub Hagab Shamlai Hanan Giddel Gahar Reaiah Rezin Nekoda Gazzam Uzza Paseah Besai Asnah Meunim Nephisim Bakbuk Hakupha Harhur Bazluth Mehida Harsha Barkos Sisera Temah Neziah Hatipha Sotai Hassophereth Peruda Jaalah Darkon Giddel Shephatiah Hattil Pochereth-hazzebaim Ami

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7. kai.
Now
"Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia."
Ezra 2:1

8. The Lord did it
"In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation…"
Ezra 1:1

9. BECAUSE He was faithful
The Lord did it
BECAUSE He was faithful
"When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly … the Lord will scatter you among the peoples … But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him … For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them."
Deut 4:25-31

11. v2: leaders
They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

12. (2:28) The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.
v2: leaders
v3-35: families
(2:6) The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.
(2:28) The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.

13. v2: leaders v3-35: families v36-59, 64-67: functions
v36 – priests
v40 – Levites
v43 – temple servants
v64 – servants
v65 – singers

14. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary
"The thousands of homecomers are not lumped together, but (in characteristic biblical fashion) related to those local and family circles which humanize a society and orientate an individual."
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary

15. The New American Commentary
"[The postexilic community] represented the continuation of God’s redemptive plan. God’s providential care is repeatedly emphasized… In fact, the author emphasized that God can use even foreign rulers to fulfil his purposes for the Jewish community… This continuation of the people of God also meant continuation of the covenant."
The New American Commentary

16. Zattu Zaccai Bani Bebai Azgad Adonikam Bigvai Adin Ater Hezekiah Bezai Jorah Hashum Gibbar Bethlehem Netophah Anathoth Azmaveth Kiriath-arim Chephirah Beeroth Ramah Geba Michmas Bethel Ai Nebo Magbish Elam Harim Lod Hadid Ono Jericho Senaah Jedaiah Jeshua Immer Pashhur Harim Jeshua Kadmiel Hodaviah Asaph Shallum Ater Talmon Akkub Hatita Shobai Ziha Hasupha Tabbaoth Keros Siaha Padon Lebanah Hagabah Akkub Hagab Shamlai Hanan Giddel Gahar Reaiah Rezin Nekoda Gazzam Besai Asnah Meunim Nephishim Bakbuk Hakupha Harhur Bazluth Mehida Harsha Barkos Sisera Temah Neziah Hatipha Sotai Hassophereth Peruda Jaalah Darkon Giddel Shephatiah Hattil Pochereth-hazzebaim Ami

17. v63 – not to partake of the most holy food
v2: leaders
v3-35: families
v36-58, 64-67: functions
v59-63: negative list
v62 – These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
v63 – not to partake of the most holy food

18. Word Biblical Commentary
RESPONSE REQUIRED
[The concern for racial purity] with priests was more serious because of the danger that they might desecrate the cult.
Word Biblical Commentary

19. WORSHIP +
"Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site. According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests' garments."
Ezra 2:68-69

20. WORSHIP + OBEDIENCE
"Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel in their towns."
Ezra 2:70

21. Live in worship and obedience in response to God’s faithfulness.

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