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Ezra 1
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In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and [to put it] in writing:
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This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: "The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.
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Whoever is among His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.
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Let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem."
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So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites-everyone God had motivated-prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
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All their neighbors supported them with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.
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King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the Lord's house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the house of his gods.
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King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out under the supervision of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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This was the inventory: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver knives,
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30 gold bowls, 410 various silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
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The gold and silver articles totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of them when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Ezra 2
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These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. Each of them returned to his hometown Jerusalem and Judah.
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They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men [included]:
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Parosh's descendants 2,172
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Shephatiah's descendants 372
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Arah's descendants 775
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Pahath-moab's descendants: Jeshua's and Joab's descendants 2,812
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Elam's descendants 1,254
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Zattu's descendants 945
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Zaccai's descendants 760
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Bani's descendants 642
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Bebai's descendants 623
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Azgad's descendants 1,222
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Adonikam's descendants 666
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Bigvai's descendants 2,056
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Adin's descendants 454
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Ater's descendants: Hezekiah's 98
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Bezai's descendants 323
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Jorah's descendants 112
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Hashum's descendants 223
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Gibbar's descendants 95
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Bethlehem's people 123
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Netophah's men 56
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Anathoth's men 128
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Azmaveth's people 42
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Kiriatharim's, Chephirah's, and Beeroth's people 743
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Ramah's and Geba's people 621
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Michmas's men 122
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Bethel's and Ai's men 223
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Nebo's people 52
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Magbish's people 156
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the other Elam's people 1,254
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Harim's people 320
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Lod's, Hadid's, and Ono's people 725
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Jericho's people 345
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Senaah's people 3,630
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The priests [included]: Jedaiah's descendants of the house of Jeshua 973
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Immer's descendants 1,052
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Pashhur's descendants 1,247
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and Harim's descendants 1,017
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The Levites [included]: Jeshua's and Kadmiel's descendants from Hodaviah's descendants 74
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The singers [included]: Asaph's descendants 128
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The gatekeepers' descendants [included]: Shallum's descendants, Ater's descendants, Talmon's descendants, Akkub's descendants, Hatita's descendants, Shobai's descendants, in all 139
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The temple servants [included]: Ziha's descendants, Hasupha's descendants, Tabbaoth's descendants,
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Keros's descendants, Siaha's descendants, Padon's descendants,
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Lebanah's descendants, Hagabah's descendants, Akkub's descendants,
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Hagab's descendants, Shalmai's descendants, Hanan's descendants,
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Giddel's descendants, Gahar's descendants, Reaiah's descendants,
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Rezin's descendants, Nekoda's descendants, Gazzam's descendants,
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Uzza's descendants, Paseah's descendants, Besai's descendants,
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Asnah's descendants, Meunim's descendants, Nephusim's descendants,
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Bakbuk's descendants, Hakupha's descendants, Harhur's descendants,
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Bazluth's descendants, Mehida's descendants, Harsha's descendants,
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Barkos's descendants, Sisera's descendants, Temah's descendants,
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Neziah's descendants, and Hatipha's descendants.
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The descendants of Solomon's servants [included]: Sotai's descendants, Hassophereth's descendants, Peruda's descendants,
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Jaalah's descendants, Darkon's descendants, Giddel's descendants,
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Shephatiah's descendants, Hattil's descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim's descendants, and Ami's descendants.
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All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants 392
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The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
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Delaiah's descendants, Tobiah's descendants, Nekoda's descendants 652
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and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai- who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
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These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.
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The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
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The whole combined assembly numbered 42,360
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not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, and their 200 male and female singers.
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They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
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435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
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After they arrived at the Lord's house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its [original] site.
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Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.
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The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and [the rest of] Israel [settled] in their towns.
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