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1 These are the leaders of the family groups and those who were listed with them who came back with me from Babylon during the rule of King Artaxerxes.
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These are the heads of their fathers' clans, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Bavel during the reign of Artach'shashta the king:
2 From the descendants of Phinehas: Gershom. From the descendants of Ithamar: Daniel. From the descendants of David: Hattush
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of the descendants of Pinchas: Gershom; of the descendants of Itamar: Dani'el; of the descendants of David: Hatush;
3 of the descendants of Shecaniah. From the descendants of Parosh: Zechariah, with one hundred fifty men.
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of the descendants of Sh'khanyah: of the descendants of Par'osh: Z'kharyah, and with him 150 males officially registered;
4 From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, with two hundred men.
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of the descendants of Pachat-Mo'av: Ely'ho'einai the son of Z'rachyah, and with him 200 males;
5 From the descendants of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, with three hundred men.
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of the descendants of Sh'khanyah: the son of Yachazi'el, and with him 300 males;
6 From the descendants of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, with fifty men.
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of the descendants of 'Adin: 'Eved the son of Yonatan, and with him 50 males;
7 From the descendants of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with seventy men.
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of the descendants of 'Eilam: Yesha'yah the son of 'Atalyah, and with him 70 males;
8 From the descendants of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, with eighty men.
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of the descendants of Sh'fatyah: Z'vadyah the son of Mikha'el, and with him 80 males;
9 From the descendants of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, with two hundred eighteen men.
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of the descendants of Yo'av: 'Ovadyah the son of Yechi'el, and with him 218 males;
10 From the descendants of Bani: Shelomith son of Josiphiah, with one hundred sixty men.
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of the descendants of Shlomit: the son of Yosifyah, and with him 160 males;
11 From the descendants of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, with twenty-eight men.
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of the descendants of Bevai: Z'kharyah the son of Bevai, and with him 28 males;
12 From the descendants of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, with one hundred ten men.
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of the descendants of 'Azgad: Yochanan the son of HaKatan, and with him 110 males;
13 From the descendants of Adonikam, these were the last ones: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, with sixty men.
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of the descendants of Adonikam: the younger ones, whose names were Elifelet, Ye'i'el and Sh'ma'yah, and with them 60 males; and
14 From the descendants of Bigvai: Uthai and Zaccur, with seventy men.
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of the descendants of Bigvai: 'Utai and Zakur, and with them 70 males.
15 I called all those people together at the canal that flows toward Ahava, where we camped for three days. I checked all the people and the priests, but I did not find any Levites.
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I assembled them by the river that runs to Ahava, and we camped there three days. I reviewed the people and the cohanim but found no L'vi'im there.
16 So I called these leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam. And I called Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.
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So I sent for Eli'ezer, Ari'el, Sh'ma'yah, Elnatan, Yariv, Elnatan, Natan, Z'kharyah and Meshulam, who were leaders, and also for Yoyariv and Elnatan, who were men of discernment.
17 I sent these men to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, and told them what to say to Iddo and his relatives, who are the Temple servants in Casiphia. I sent them to bring servants to us for the Temple of our God.
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I gave them instructions for Iddo, the leading man in a place called Kasifya, and told them what to say to Iddo and his brother, who were in charge of Kasifya, so that they would bring us men to minister in the house of our God.
18 Our God was helping us, so Iddo's relatives gave us Sherebiah, a wise man from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, who was the son of Israel. And they brought Sherebiah's sons and brothers, for a total of eighteen men.
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Since the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us Ish-Sekhel from the descendants of Machli the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el; Sherevyah with eighteen of his sons and kinsmen;
19 And they brought to us Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews. In all there were twenty men.
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Hashavyah, with Yesha'yah, from the descendants of M'rari, and twenty of his kinsmen and their sons;
20 They also brought two hundred twenty of the Temple servants, a group David and the officers had set up to help the Levites. All of those men were listed by name.
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and from the temple servants, whom David and the princes had assigned to serve the L'vi'im, two hundred temple servants, all recorded by name.
21 There by the Ahava Canal, I announced we would all give up eating and humble ourselves before our God. We would ask God for a safe trip for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.
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Then, there at the Ahava River, I proclaimed a fast; so that we could humble ourselves before our God and ask a safe journey of him for ourselves, our little ones and all our possessions.
22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road. We had said to the king, "Our God helps everyone who obeys him, but he is very angry with all who reject him."
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For I would have been ashamed to ask the king for a detachment of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies along the road, since we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is on all who seek him, for good; but his power and fury is against all who abandon him."
23 So we gave up eating and prayed to our God about our trip, and he answered our prayers.
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So we fasted and asked our God for this, and he answered our prayer.
24 Then I chose twelve of the priests who were leaders, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their relatives.
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Then I separated twelve of the chief cohanim, along with Sherevyah, Hashavyah and ten of their kinsmen.
25 I weighed the offering of silver and gold and the utensils given for the Temple of our God, and I gave them to the twelve priests I had chosen. The king, the people who advised him, his officers, and all the Israelites there with us had given these things for the Temple.
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I weighed out to them the silver, the gold and the utensils for the house of our God contributed by the king, his counselors, his princes and all Isra'el present there.
26 I weighed out and gave them about fifty thousand pounds of silver, about seventy-five hundred pounds of silver objects, and about seventy-five hundred pounds of gold.
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I weighed out and handed over to them twenty-one-and-a-half tons of silver, three-and-a-third tons of silver articles, three-and-a-third tons of gold,
27 I gave them twenty gold bowls that weighed about nineteen pounds and two fine pieces of polished bronze that were as valuable as gold.
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twenty gold bowls weighing twenty-one pounds, and two vessels of fine burnished bronze as precious as gold.
28 Then I said to the priests, "You and these utensils belong to the Lord for his service. The silver and gold are gifts to the Lord, the God of your ancestors.
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Then I told them, "You are consecrated to ADONAI, the articles are holy, and the silver and gold are a voluntary offering for ADONAI the God of your ancestors.
29 Guard these things carefully. In Jerusalem, weigh them in front of the leading priests, Levites, and the leaders of the family groups of Israel in the rooms of the Temple of the Lord."
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Guard them carefully, until you weigh them before the chief cohanim and L'vi'im and the leaders of the fathers'clans in Yerushalayim, in the rooms of the house of ADONAI."
30 So the priests and Levites accepted the silver, the gold, and the utensils that had been weighed to take them to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.
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So the cohanim and L'vi'im received the consignment of silver and gold and the articles to bring to Yerushalayim, to the house of our God.
31 On the twelfth day of the first month we left the Ahava Canal and started toward Jerusalem. Our God helped us and protected us from enemies and robbers along the way.
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On the twelfth day of the first month, we left the Ahava River to go to Yerushalayim. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and surprise attacks along the road.
32 Finally we arrived in Jerusalem where we rested three days.
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In time, we arrived at Yerushalayim, where we rested for three days.
33 On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the utensils in the Temple of our God. We handed them to the priest Meremoth son of Uriah. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, as were the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
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On the fourth day, the silver, gold and articles were weighed in the house of our God and handed over to M'remot the son of Uriyah the cohen; with him was El'azar the son of Pinchas; and with them were Yozavad the son of Yeshua and No'adyah the son of Binui, who were L'vi'im.
34 We checked everything by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down.
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The entire consignment was numbered and weighed, and at the same time the total weight was recorded.
35 Then the captives who returned made burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They sacrificed twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, and seventy-seven lambs. For a sin offering there were twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
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The exiles who had returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Isra'el - twelve young bulls for all Isra'el, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering; all this was a burnt offering for ADONAI.
36 They took King Artaxerxes' orders to the royal officers and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates. Then these men gave help to the people and the Temple of God.
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They also delivered the king's orders to the king's viceroys and governors beyond the [Euphrates] River; and these gave their support to the people and to the house of God.
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