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Nehemiah 7; Acts 20
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Nehemiah 7
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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:
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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,
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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:
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the descendants of Parosh, 2,172
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of Shephatiah, 372
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of Arah, 652
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of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818
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of Elam, 1,254
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of Zattu, 845
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of Zaccai, 760
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of Binnui, 648
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of Bebai, 628
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of Azgad, 2,322
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of Adonikam, 667
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of Bigvai, 2,067
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of Adin, 655
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of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98
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of Hashum, 328
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of Bezai, 324
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of Hariph, 112
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of Gibeon, 95
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the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188
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of Anathoth, 128
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of Beth Azmaveth, 42
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of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth, 743
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of Ramah and Geba, 621
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of Micmash, 122
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of Bethel and Ai, 123
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of the other Nebo, 52
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of the other Elam, 1,254
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of Harim, 320
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of Jericho, 345
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of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721
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of Senaah, 3,930
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The priests:
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of Immer, 1,052
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of Pashhur, 1,247
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of Harim, 1,017
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The Levites:
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The musicians:
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The gatekeepers:
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The temple servants:
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Keros, Sia, Padon,
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Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
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Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,
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Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
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Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,
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Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,
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Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
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Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
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Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
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Neziah and Hatipha
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The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
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Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
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Shephatiah, Hattil,
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The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392
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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:
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the descendants of
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And from among the priests:
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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.
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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.
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The whole company numbered 42,360,
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besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers.
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There were 736 horses, 245 mules,
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435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Acts 20
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When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.
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He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece,
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where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
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He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy also, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
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These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
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But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
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On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
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There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.
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Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead.
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Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!”
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Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.
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The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
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We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.
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When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
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The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.
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Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
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From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
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When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia.
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I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.
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You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.
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I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.
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“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
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I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.
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However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
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“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.
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Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.
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For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
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Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
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I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
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Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
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So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
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“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
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You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
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They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.
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What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.