36 The priests : the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua , 973 e e e ; 37 the sons of Immer , 1,052 e e ; 38 the sons of Pashhur , 1,247 e e e ; 39 the sons of Harim , 1,017 e e . 40 The Levites : the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel , of the sons of Hodaviah , 74 e . 41 The singers : the sons of Asaph , 128 e e . 42 The sons of the gatekeepers : the sons of Shallum , the sons of Ater , the sons of Talmon , the sons of Akkub , the sons of Hatita , the sons of Shobai , in all 139 e e . 43 The temple servants : the sons of Ziha , the sons of Hasupha , the sons of Tabbaoth , 44 the sons of Keros , the sons of Siaha , the sons of Padon , 45 the sons of Lebanah , the sons of Hagabah , the sons of Akkub , 46 the sons of Hagab , the sons of Shalmai , the sons of Hanan , 47 the sons of Giddel , the sons of Gahar , the sons of Reaiah , 48 the sons of Rezin , the sons of Nekoda , the sons of Gazzam , 49 the sons of Uzza , the sons of Paseah , the sons of Besai , 50 the sons of Asnah , the sons of Meunim , the sons of Nephisim , 51 the sons of Bakbuk , the sons of Hakupha , the sons of Harhur , 52 the sons of Bazluth , the sons of Mehida , the sons of Harsha , 53 the sons of Barkos , the sons of Sisera , the sons of Temah , 54 the sons of Neziah , the sons of Hatipha . 55 The sons of Solomon's servants : the sons of Sotai , the sons of Hassophereth , the sons of Peruda , 56 the sons of Jaalah , the sons of Darkon , the sons of Giddel , 57 the sons of Shephatiah , the sons of Hattil , the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim , the sons of Ami . 58 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392 e e e . 59 Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah , Tel-harsha , Cherub , Addan and Immer , but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers' households and their descendants , whether they were of Israel : 60 the sons of Delaiah , the sons of Tobiah , the sons of Nekoda , 652 e e e . 61 Of the sons of the priests : the sons of Habaiah , the sons of Hakkoz , the sons of Barzillai , who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite , and he was called by their name . 62 These searched among their ancestral registration e , but they could not be located ; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood . 63 The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 2:36-63
Commentary on Ezra 2:36-63
(Read Ezra 2:36-63)
Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians.