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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 Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818
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of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98
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the men of Bethlehem and Netophah
2, 188
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of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah
4 and Beeroth
5, 743
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of Ramah and Geba, 621
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of Bethel and Ai
6, 123
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of the other Elam, 1,254
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of Lod, Hadid and Ono
8, 721