4 Now although the city was wide and large, only a few people were living within it, and no houses had been rebuilt.
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Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
5 My God then prompted me to assemble the officials, the officers, and the people so that they could be registered by families. I found the record of the families who were the first to return, and I found the following written in it:
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So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there: