Ezra 2:40-42

Ezra 2:40-42

[40] The Levites:  the children  of Jeshua  and Kadmiel,  of the children  of Hodaviah,  seventy  and four.  [41] The singers:  the children  of Asaph,  an hundred  twenty  and eight.  [42] The children  of the porters:  the children  of Shallum,  the children  of Ater,  the children  of Talmon,  the children  of Akkub,  the children  of Hatita,  the children  of Shobai,  in all an hundred  thirty  and nine. 

What does Ezra 2:40-42 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Few Levites, only341 , chose to leave the comforts of life in Babylon. They assisted the priests. There were fewer Levites than priests, the opposite of the situation that existed before the exile.