Bible Strands
Ezra 2:6
the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text operates as a genealogical register within a census of exiles returning to Jerusalem, recording household totals by ancestral line. It sits between entries for the descendants of Arah and Elam in a continuous list.
The words — בְּנֵֽי־ (benei) translates literally as "descendants" or "sons," while אַלְפַּ֕יִם (alpaim) means "two thousand." These terms anchor the verse in exact lineage and precise numerical accounting.
The thread — The same group appears in Nehemiah 7:11 with a headcount of 2,818. Ezra 8:4 and Ezra 8:9 later reference descendants of Pahath-Moab and Joab when listing specific leaders and accompanying men for a subsequent return.
Why it lands — The passage demands attention to the preservation of family identity and the exact enumeration of those who returned. It requires the reader to recognize how recorded numbers and ancestral lines establish the community's restored structure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The children of Pahath–moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 7:11 the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
- Ezra 8:4 from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
- Ezra 8:9 from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
- Ezra 10:14 Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
- Ezra 10:30 From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.