Who do the Pincipal, First and Second Sojourners represent ?

The three Sojourners who returned from the Babylonian captivity to assist in laying the foundations of the second Temple represent historical travelers who arrived at Jerusalem to aid the Grand Council 1. A Masonic tradition identifies these three personages as Esdras, Zachariah, and Nehemiah, while another tradition holds them to be Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, better known by their Chaldean names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego 1.

In the English system, three officers known as the Principal Sojourner and his two Assistant Sojourners fill these roles in the Chapter 1. Under the American system, the three historical Sojourners are represented by the candidates themselves, while a single officer titled the Principal Sojourner serves as their spokesman, leader, and conductor 1.