Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own hometowns. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners.
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Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
2 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile:
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who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 Parosh - 2,172
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The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
4 Shephatiah - 372
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The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
5 Arah - 775
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The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
6 Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) - 2,812
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The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
7 Elam - 1,254
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The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
8 Zattu - 945
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The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
9 Zaccai - 760
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The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
10 Bani - 642
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The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
11 Bebai - 623
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The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
12 Azgad - 1,222
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The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
13 Adonikam - 666
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The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
14 Bigvai - 2,056
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The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
15 Adin - 454
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The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
16 Ater (also called Hezekiah) - 98
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The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
17 Bezai - 323
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The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
18 Jorah - 112
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The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
19 Hashum - 223
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The children of Hashum, two hundred Twenty-three.
20 Gibbar - 95
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The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
21 People whose ancestors had lived in the following towns also returned: Bethlehem - 123
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The children of Beth-lehem, one hundred twenty-three.
22 Netophah - 56
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The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23 Anathoth - 128
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The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
24 Azmaveth - 42
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The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25 Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth - 743
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The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
26 Ramah and Geba - 621
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The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
27 Michmash - 122
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The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
28 Bethel and Ai - 223
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The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
29 Nebo - 52
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The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
30 Magbish - 156
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The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
31 The other Elam - 1,254
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The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32 Harim - 320
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The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
33 Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 725
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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
34 Jericho - 345
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The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
35 Senaah - 3,630
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The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
36 This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile: Jedaiah (descendants of Jeshua) - 973
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The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
37 Immer - 1,052
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The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
38 Pashhur - 1,247
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The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
39 Harim - 1,017
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The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
40 Clans of Levites who returned from exile: Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) - 74
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 Temple musicians (descendants of Asaph) - 128
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The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
42 Temple guards (descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai) - 139
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The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
43 Clans of temple workmen who returned from exile: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
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The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,
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the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
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the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan,
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the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
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the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
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the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
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the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim,
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the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
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the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
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the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
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the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
54 Neziah, and Hatipha
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the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 Clans of Solomon's servants who returned from exile: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
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the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami
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the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
58 The total number of descendants of the temple workmen and of Solomon's servants who returned from exile was 392.
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All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
59 There were 652 belonging to the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda who returned from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer;
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These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
60 but they could not prove that they were descendants of Israelites.
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the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
61 The following priestly clans could find no record to prove their ancestry: Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (The ancestor of the priestly clan of Barzillai had married a woman from the clan of Barzillai of Gilead and had taken the name of his father-in-law's clan.)
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Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
62 Since they were unable to prove who their ancestors were, they were not accepted as priests.
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These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
63 The Jewish governor told them that they could not eat the food offered to God until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim.
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The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360
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The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
65 Their male and female servants - 7,337
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besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
66 Male and female musicians - 200
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Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
67 Horses - 736 Mules - 245 Camels - 435 Donkeys - 6,720
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their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 When the exiles arrived at the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem, some of the leaders of the clans gave freewill offerings to help rebuild the Temple on its old site.
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Some of the heads of fathers' [houses], when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:
69 They gave as much as they could for this work, and the total came to 500 kilogrammes of gold, 2,800 kilogrammes of silver, and 100 robes for priests.
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they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
70 The priests, the Levites, and some of the people settled in or near Jerusalem; the musicians, the temple guards, and the temple workmen settled in nearby towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in the towns where their ancestors had lived.
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So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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