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These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the Exile, the ones Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off captive; they came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each going to his own town.
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They came back in the company of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The numbers of the men of the People of Israel by families of origin:
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Pahath-Moab (sons of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818
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Ater (sons of Hezekiah), 98
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Israelites identified by place of origin: Bethlehem and Netophah, 188
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Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, 743
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Nebo (the other one), 52
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Elam (the other one), 1,254
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Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721
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Priestly families: Jedaiah (sons of Jeshua), 973
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Levitical families: Jeshua (sons of Kadmiel and of Hodaviah), 74.
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Singers: Asaph's family line, 148.
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Security guard families: Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 138.
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Families of support staff: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
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Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
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Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
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Besai, Meunim, Nephussim,
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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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Families of Solomon's servants: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,
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Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
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Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Amon.
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The Temple support staff and Solomon's servants added up to 392.
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These are those who came from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. They weren't able to prove their ancestry, whether they were true Israelites or not:
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The sons of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642.
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Likewise with these priestly families: -The sons of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and took that name.
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They looked high and low for their family records but couldn't find them. And so they were barred from priestly work as ritually unclean.
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The governor ruled that they could not eat from the holy food until a priest could determine their status by using the Urim and Thummim.
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The total count for the congregation was 42,360.
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That did not include the male and female slaves who numbered 7,337. There were also 245 male and female singers.
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And 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 families made voluntary offerings for the work. The governor made a gift to the treasury of 1,000 drachmas of gold (about nineteen pounds), 50 bowls, and 530 garments for the priests.
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Some of the heads of the families made gifts to the treasury for the work; it came to 20,000 drachmas of gold and 2,200 minas of silver (about one and a third tons).
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Gifts from the rest of the people totaled 20,000 drachmas of gold (about 375 pounds), 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 garments for the priests.