Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67
THE SECOND EXODUSEzra 2:1-67THE 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 suffering oppression in a foreign land. Deliverance had come to the ancient Hebrews in so wonderful a way that it could only be described as a miracle of God; no material miracle was recorded of the later movement; and yet it was so marvellously providential that the Jews were constrained to acknowledge... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 2:67
(67) The asses, as throughout earlier Hebrew history, are the chief and most numerous beasts of burden. read more