New Living Translation (NLT)
Ezra 1
8 Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.
9 This is a list of the items that were returned: gold basins30 silver basins1,000 silver incense burners29
10 gold bowls30 silver bowls410 other items1,000
11 In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all of these along when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Ezra 2
1 Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.
2 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
3 The family of Parosh2,172
4 The family of Shephatiah372
5 The family of Arah775
6 The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab)2,812
7 The family of Elam1,254
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