# Ezra 2.5

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**Book:** [Ezra](/codex/ezra/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 3. The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. 4. The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
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> **5. The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.**
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> 6. The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7. The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (Ezra 2:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 3. The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. 4. The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
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> **5. The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.**
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> 6. The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve. 7. The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. (Ezra 2:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 4. The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
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> **5. The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.**
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> 6. The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7. The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (Ezra 2:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 3. Sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. 4. Sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
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> **5. Sons of Arah, seven hundred five and seventy.**
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> 6. Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7. Sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (Ezra 2:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.