The List of the Exiles Who Returned
4 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 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
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Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
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Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
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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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The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
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Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
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The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon
9, 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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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,