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1 Some priests and Levites returned to Judah with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Here are the names of those priests and Levites. Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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Shekaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
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Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
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Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah All of them were the leaders of the priests and those who helped them. They lived in the days of Jeshua.
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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Joshua.
8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah and Judah. There were also Mattaniah and those who helped him. They were in charge of the songs for giving thanks.
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The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah, who, together with his associates, was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.
9 Bakbukiah and Unni helped them. They stood and sang across from them during the services.
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Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them in the services.
10 Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
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Joshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
11 Joiada was the father of Jonathan. And Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
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Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.
12 Here are the names of the family leaders of the priests. They were the leaders in the days of Joiakim. Meraiah was from Seraiah's family. Hananiah was from Jeremiah's family.
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In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of Seraiah’s family, Meraiah; of Jeremiah’s, Hananiah;
13 Meshullam was from Ezra's family. Jehohanan was from Amariah's family.
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of Ezra’s, Meshullam; of Amariah’s, Jehohanan;
14 Jonathan was from Malluch's family. Joseph was from Shecaniah's family.
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of Malluk’s, Jonathan; of Shekaniah’s, Joseph;
15 Adna was from Harim's family. Helkai was from Meremoth's family.
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of Harim’s, Adna; of Meremoth’s, Helkai;
16 Zechariah was from Iddo's family. Meshullam was from Ginnethon's family.
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of Iddo’s, Zechariah; of Ginnethon’s, Meshullam;
17 Zicri was from Abijah's family. Piltai was from Miniamin's and Moadiah's family.
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of Abijah’s, Zikri; of Miniamin’s and of Moadiah’s, Piltai;
18 Shammua was from Bilgah's family. Jehonathan was from Shemaiah's family.
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of Bilgah’s, Shammua; of Shemaiah’s, Jehonathan;
19 Mattenai was from Joiarib's family. Uzzi was from Jedaiah's family.
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of Joiarib’s, Mattenai; of Jedaiah’s, Uzzi;
20 Kallai was from Sallu's family. Eber was from Amok's family.
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of Sallu’s, Kallai; of Amok’s, Eber;
21 Hashabiah was from Hilkiah's family. And Nethanel was from Jedaiah's family.
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of Hilkiah’s, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah’s, Nethanel.
22 The names of the family leaders of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua were written down. So were the names of the family leaders of the priests. That happened while Darius ruled over Persia.
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The family heads of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, as well as those of the priests, were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 The names of the leaders in Levi's family line up to the time of Johanan were written down. They were written in the official records. Johanan was the son of Eliashib.
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The family heads among the descendants of Levi up to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the book of the annals.
24 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua. Jeshua was the son of Kadmiel. Those who helped them stood across from them to sing praises and give thanks. One group would sing back to the other. That's what David, the man of God, had ordered.
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And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub stood at the gates of the temple. They guarded the storerooms at the gates.
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Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
26 They served in the days of Joiakim. He was the son of Jeshua. Jeshua was the son of Jehozadak. They also served in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. Nehemiah was governor. Ezra was a priest and a teacher of the law.
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They served in the days of Joiakim son of Joshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law.
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