“The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.”
The enumeration transitions to Levites: "The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodevah, seventy-four." The Levites (priestly support class) are enumerated separately, though in much smaller numbers than the priests. The small Levite population (74 descendants of Jeshua/Kadmiel) compared to the thousands of priests indicates that Levite population had declined significantly during exile or that not all Levite lines returned.
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