Ezra 2:59

The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records a post-exilic census of returnees from Babylon, listing families from specific towns who arrived without established tribal records.

The words — הָֽ/עֹלִים֙ (ha./'o.Lim) = "who came up" and מִ/תֵּ֥ל (mi./Tel) = "from Tel" identify the geographic origin of the returnees.

The thread — This exact register of unverified families reappears in Nehemiah 7:61 as part of the parallel returnee list.

Why it lands — The text states that individuals from these towns could not prove Israelite descent, requiring documented lineage as the basis for communal inclusion.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֵ֗לֶּהve./'E.lehand/ these הָֽעֹלִים֙ha./'o.Lim[are] who/ came up מִתֵּ֥לmi./Telfrom/ Tel מֶ֙לַח֙me.lachMelah תֵּ֣לtelTel חַרְשָׁ֔אchar.Sha'Harsha כְּר֥וּבke.RuvKerub אַדָּ֖ן'a.DanAddon אִמֵּ֑ר'i.MerImmer וְלֹ֣אve./Lo'and/ not יָֽכְל֗וּya.khe.Luthey were able לְהַגִּ֤ידle./ha.Gidto/ declare בֵּית־beit-[the] house of אֲבוֹתָם֙'a.vo.Ta/mancestors/ their וְזַרְעָ֔םve./zar.'A/mand/ offspring/ their אִ֥ם'imif מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לmi./Yis.ra.'El[were] from/ Israel הֵֽם׃Hemthey

King James Version

And these were they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Cross-references

Nehemiah 7:61 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: