Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 And these the heads of their families, the leaders that went up with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon.
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These are their family heads, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2 Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus.
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Of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom. Of Ithamar, Daniel. Of David, Hattush,
3 Of the sons of Sachania, and the sons of Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company a hundred and fifty.
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of the descendants of Shecaniah. Of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered one hundred fifty males.
4 Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males.
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Of the descendants of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
5 And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.
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Of the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 And of the sons of Adin; Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
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Of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
7 And of the sons of Elam; Isaeas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.
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Of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8 And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
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Of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
9 And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
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Of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
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Of the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred sixty males.
11 And of the sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males.
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Of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.
12 And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
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Of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred ten males.
13 And of the sons of Adonicam last, and these their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samaea, and with them sixty males.
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Of the descendants of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.
14 And of the sons of Baguae, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him seventy males.
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Of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them seventy males.
15 And I gathered them to the river that comes to Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
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I gathered them by the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the descendants of Levi.
16 And I sent men of understanding to Eleazar, to Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to Elnathan.
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Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise,
17 And I forwarded them to the rulers with the money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brethren the Athinim with the money of the place, that they should bring us singers for the house of our God.
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and sent them to Iddo, the leader at the place called Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his colleagues the temple servants at Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and his brethren, eighteen.
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Since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the descendants of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and kin, eighteen;
19 And Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty.
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also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his kin and their sons, twenty;
20 And of the Nathinim; whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by names.
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besides two hundred twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.
21 And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.
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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might deny ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.
22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath upon all that forsake him.
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For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.
23 So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.
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So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.
24 And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them.
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Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kin with them.
25 And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.
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And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered;
26 I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold;
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I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred silver vessels worth . . . talents, and one hundred talents of gold,
27 and twenty golden bowls, about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, as gold.
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twenty gold bowls worth a thousand darics, and two vessels of fine polished bronze as precious as gold.
28 And I said to them, Ye holy to the Lord; and the vessels holy; and the silver and the gold are freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.
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And I said to them, "You are holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your ancestors.
29 Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.
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Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of families in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the Lord."
30 So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God.
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So the priests and the Levites took over the silver, the gold, and the vessels as they were weighed out, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.
31 And we departed from the river of Aue on the twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and adversary in the way.
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Then we left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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We came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.
33 And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.
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On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed into the hands of the priest Meremoth son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
34 All things by number and weight, and the whole weight was written .
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The total was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.
35 At that time the children of the banishment that came from the captivity offered whole-burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering; all whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord.
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At that time those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats; all this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
36 And they gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.
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They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River; and they supported the people and the house of God.
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