以斯拉記 2:1-67 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

Spiritual significances. What signifies to us, it may be asked, the exact number of the children of Parosh and Shephatiah ( Ezra 2:3 , Ezra 2:4 )? What does it signify to us that the heads of the returning families bore such and such a name? Why record this? What is— I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RECORD OF NAMES AND NUMBERS ? The pains which the children of Israel took to keep a strict record of their families in Persia may have been (a) an act of faith : it... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-70

Men forsaking the worldly life. We regard the people returning from Babylon as typical of men going out of the worldly life into the life and work of the kingdom of God. Observe— I. THAT MEN FORSAKE THE WORLDLY LIFE FROM CHOICE . Cyrus compelled no man to leave the land of captivity. The Jews left Babylon in the exercise of their own free will. Israel as a nation went out of Egypt; but as individuals they come out of Babylon. Heaven compels no man to forsake sin. 1. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:2

Zerubbabel, Jesbua, etc. In the corresponding verse of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 7:7 ) there are twelve names, one of which (it is probable) has accidentally fallen out here. The twelve are reasonably regarded as either the actual heads of the twelve tribes, or at any rate as representing them. Notwithstanding the small number among the returned exiles who belonged to other tribes than those of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, there was a manifest wish on the part of the chiefs to regard the return as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:20

The children of Gibbar . For "Gibbar" we should probably read "Gibeon," which occurs in the corresponding passage of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 7:25 ). The writer at this point passes from persons to places, making the latter portion of his list topographical. Gibeon was a well-known town in Benjamin ( Joshua 18:25 ). Other Benjamite towns in the list are Anathoth, Ramah, Gabs, Michmas, Bethel, and Jericho. It would seem that the descendants of the captives carried off from these places... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:36

The priests. Four priestly families went up with Zerubbabel. Of these, three traced their descent to persons who had been heads of the priestly courses in the reign of David, viz; Jedaiah, Immer, and Hardin ( 1 Chronicles 24:7 , 1 Chronicles 24:8 , 1 Chronicles 24:14 ). The other family had for founder a priest named Pashur, who was not otherwise distinguished. The numbers assigned to the priests by Ezra are identical with those in Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 7:39-42 ). Jedaiah, of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:40

The Levites . The non-priestly Levites are divided into three classes:— 1. Ordinary Levites ( Ezra 2:40 ); 2. Choral Levites ( Ezra 2:41 ); and Levites descended from those who had had the charge of the temple gates ( Ezra 2:42 ). Compare 1 Chronicles 24:20-31 ; 1 Chronicles 25:1-31 ; and 1 Chronicles 26:1-19 . Of the first class, only two families seem to have returned—those of Jeshua and Kadmiel, both of which traced their descent to a certain Hodaviah, or Judah ( ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:41

The singers, the children of Asaph. See 2 Chronicles 25:1 . It is remarkable that no descendants of either Heman or Jeduthun ( ibid. ) took part in the return. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:42

The porters . Six families of doorkeepers returned; three of which bear old names, those of Shallum, Talmon, and Akkub ( 1 Chronicles 9:17 ), while the other three have names that are new to us. One hundred and thirty-nine . The smallness of this and the two preceding numbers is remarkable. While the returning priests numbered 4289, the returning Levites of all classes were no more than 341 (350, Nehemiah). It would seem as if some jealousy of the priests, like that which animated Korah... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:43

The Nethiaims . See note on 1 Chronicles 9:2 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:55

Solomon's servants . Solomon formed the remnant of the Canaanitish population which survived at his day into a separate servile class, which he employed in forced labours ( 1 Kings 9:20 , 1 Kings 9:21 ). It would seem that the descendants of these persons, having been carried into captivity by the Chaldaeans, continued to form a distinct class, and had become attached to the sacerdotal order, as a body of hieroduli inferior even to the Nethinims. We may account for their special... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 2:1-67

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