1. Ezra 2:3–35 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How are the lists of men grouped?

Ezra 2:3–35 (ESV)

3 the sons of Parosh, 2,172.

The first list of men, Ezra 2:3–20, groups all the men according to their family names. This is in contrast to the second list of men, Ezra 2:21–35, which groups them according to the towns that they came from.

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