Ezra 2:6 meaning and explanation
the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
Ezra 2:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra 2 records the first wave of exiles returning from Babylon to Jerusalem and Judah under Zerubbabel, likely in 538 BC, after Cyrus of Persia permitted the Jews to go home. Verse 6 counts the descendants of Pahath-moab, a family name meaning "governor of Moab," listed here through the lines of Jeshua and Joab.
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