Ezra 2:68-70·~1 min
Offerings by the Exiles
On arriving at the house of the LORD, some family leaders give willingly for its rebuilding, and the people then settle in their towns. Return leads at once to worship, generosity, and renewed life in the land.
W68hen they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site. 69According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments. 70So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
Section summaryWhen the people reach Jerusalem, some family heads give freely toward rebuilding the house of God on its former site. The section joins worship with settlement, showing a people who both restore the temple and take up life again in their towns.
Role in the chapterThis brief closing movement turns the census into action. The restored community responds to arrival with generosity toward the temple and then settles into the land as an ordered people.