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In this chapter we have a list of those who left Babylon with Zerubbabel. I am not going through all these names and families, save to say that in v64-67 we read, <\/strong>\u201cThe whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers. Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I understand that this was only the first group to be repatriated, and the total was somewhere near to 150,000. Many stayed behind in Babylon. It had become very comfortable<\/a> for many in Babylon and didn\u2019t want to leave their possessions behind and maybe that is why they stayed, but also it may have been too risky going back to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In verses 68,69 some of the heads of the houses came to The LORD\u2019s house in Jerusalem and gave freewill offerings to erect a new house for The LORD. They gave according to their ability and in total they gave 61,000 drachmas. 5,000 minas of silver and a hundred priestly garments. We are encouraged by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 16:2 to give willingly, in accordance with our ability in proportion to what they had, generously and cheerfully. We are not under compulsion to give but to the Lord as He has prospered us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Jerusalem (v70) was populated by the priests, Levites, singers, ordinary people, gatekeepers, and the Nethinims who were the temple servants and descendants of the Gibeonites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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