Ezra 2:36 meaning and explanation
The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
Ezra 2:36, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra 2 records the first wave of exiles returning from Babylon to Jerusalem and Judah, and verse 36 begins the list of priests among them. The speaker is the narrator, cataloguing families by ancestral house; Jedaiah is named as a priestly line, counted through the house of Jeshua, likely the high priest Jeshua who returned with Zerubbabel.
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