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1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
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After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed.
2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many.
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I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most people do.
3 And I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun shall be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.
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I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.”
4 Now the city [was] large and great: but the people in it [were] few, and the houses [were] not built.
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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 And my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them who came up at the first, and found 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:
6 These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;
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These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];
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in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah): The list of the men of Israel:
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy two.
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the descendants of Parosh, 2,172
9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two.
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of Shephatiah, 372
10 The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty two.
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of Arah, 652
11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred [and] eighteen.
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of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818
12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.
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of Elam, 1,254
13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty five.
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of Zattu, 845
14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
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of Zaccai, 760
15 The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty eight.
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of Binnui, 648
16 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty eight.
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of Bebai, 628
17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty two.
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of Azgad, 2,322
18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven.
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of Adonikam, 667
19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty seven.
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of Bigvai, 2,067
20 The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty five.
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of Adin, 655
21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety eight.
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of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98
22 The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty eight.
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of Hashum, 328
23 The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty four.
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of Bezai, 324
24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
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of Hariph, 112
25 The children of Gibeon, ninety five.
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of Gibeon, 95
26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty eight.
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the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188
27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight.
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of Anathoth, 128
28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty two.
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of Beth Azmaveth, 42
29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty three.
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of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth, 743
30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty one.
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of Ramah and Geba, 621
31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty two.
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of Micmash, 122
32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty three.
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of Bethel and Ai, 123
33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty two.
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of the other Nebo, 52
34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.
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of the other Elam, 1,254
35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
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of Harim, 320
36 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty five.
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of Jericho, 345
37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty one.
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of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721
38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
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of Senaah, 3,930
39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy three.
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The priests:
40 The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty two.
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of Immer, 1,052
41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and forty seven.
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of Pashhur, 1,247
42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
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of Harim, 1,017
43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, [and] of the children of Hodevah, seventy four.
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The Levites:
44 The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty eight.
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The musicians:
45 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, a hundred and thirty eight.
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The gatekeepers:
46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
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The temple servants:
47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
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Keros, Sia, Padon,
48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
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Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
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Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,
50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
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Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
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Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,
52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
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Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,
53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
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Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
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Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
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Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
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Neziah and Hatipha
57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
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The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
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Shephatiah, Hattil,
60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred and ninety two.
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The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392
61 And these [were] they who went up [also] from Tel-mela, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their fathers house, nor their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.
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The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty two.
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the descendants of
63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took [one] of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite for a wife, and was called after their name.
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And from among the priests:
64 These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
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These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
65 And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.
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The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole congregation together [was] forty two thousand three hundred and sixty.
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The whole company numbered 42,360,
67 Besides their man-servants and their maid-servants, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and they had two hundred and forty five singing-men and singing-women.
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besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers.
68 Their horses, seven hundred and thirty six: their mules, two hundred and forty five:
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There were 736 horses, 245 mules,
69 [Their] camels, four hundred and thirty five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
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435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
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Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests.
71 And [some] of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work, twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.
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Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
72 And [that] which the rest of the people gave [was] twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty seven priests' garments.
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The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver and 67 garments for priests.
73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.
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The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,
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