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1 After the wall had been rebuilt, and I had set up its doors, and the gatekeepers, singers and L'vi'im had been appointed,
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Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,
2 I put my kinsman Hanani in charge of Yerushalayim, along with Hananyah the commander of the citadel. For he was a faithful man, and he feared God more than most.
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I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.
3 I said to them, "The gates of Yerushalayim are not to be opened until the sun is hot; and while the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors; and you, put up the bars. Appoint watchmen from among those living in Yerushalayim; assign each one his time to guard, and have each one serving near his own house."
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And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.
4 The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not been rebuilt.
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Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.
5 My God put it in my heart to assemble the nobles, the leaders and the people, so that they could be registered according to their genealogies. I located the record of the genealogies of those who had come up at the beginning and found written in it:
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And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:
6 "Here is a list of the people of the province who had been exiled, carried off to Bavel by N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel, but who later returned from exile and went up to Yerushalayim and Y'hudah, each to his own city;
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These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;
7 they went with Z'rubavel, Yeshua, Nechemyah, 'Azaryah, Ra'amyah, Nachmani, Mordekhai, Bilshan, Misperet, Bigvai, N'chum and Ba'anah. "The number of men from the people of Isra'el:
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Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8 descendants of Par'osh 2,172
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The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.
9 descendants of Sh'fatyah 372
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The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
10 descendants of Arach 652
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The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
11 descendants of Pachat-Mo'av, from the descendants of Yeshua and Yo'av 2,818
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The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen.
12 descendants of 'Eilam 1,254
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The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.
13 descendants of Zatu 845
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The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.
14 descendants of Zakkai 760
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The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
15 descendants of Binui 648
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The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.
16 descendants of B'vai 628
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The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.
17 descendants of 'Azgad 2,322
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The children of Azgad, two thousand, three hundred and twenty-two.
18 descendants of Adonikam 667
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The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
19 descendants of Bigvai 2,067
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The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.
20 descendants of 'Adin 655
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The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.
21 descendants of Ater, of Y'chizkiyah 98
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The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22 descendants of Hashum 328
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The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.
23 descendants of Betzai 324
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The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.
24 descendants of Harif 112
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The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
25 descendants of Giv'on 95
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The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
26 people of Beit-Lechem and N'tofah 188
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The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.
27 people of 'Anatot 128
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The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
28 people of Beit-'Azmavet 42
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The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.
29 people of Kiryat-Ye'arim, K'firah and Be'erot 743
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The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
30 people of Ramah and Geva 621
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The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.
31 people of Mikhmas 122
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The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
32 people of Beit-El and 'Ai 123
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The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
33 people from the other N'vo 52
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The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
34 people from the other 'Eilam 1,254
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The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.
35 descendants of Harim 320
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The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
36 descendants of Yericho 345
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The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
37 descendants of Lod, Hadid and Ono 721
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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.
38 descendants of S'na'ah 3,930
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The children of Senaah, three thousand, nine hundred and thirty.
39 "The cohanim: descendants of Y'da'yah, of the house of Yeshua 973
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The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the family of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
40 descendants of Immer 1,052
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The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.
41 descendants of Pash'chur 1,247
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The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.
42 descendants of Harim 1,017
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The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
43 "The L'vi'im: descendants of Yeshua, of Kadmi'el, of the descendants of Hodvah 74
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
44 "The singers: descendants of Asaf 148
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The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
45 "The gatekeepers: descendants of Shalum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of 'Akuv, descendants of Hatita, and descendants of Shovai 138
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The door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.
46 "The temple servants: descendants of Tzicha, descendants of Hasufa, descendants of Taba'ot,
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The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
47 descendants of Keros, descendants of Si'a, descendants of Padon,
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The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 descendants of L'vanah, descendants of Hagava, descendants of Salmai,
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The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49 descendants of Hanan, descendants of Giddel, descendants of Gachar,
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The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 descendants of Re'ayah, descendants of Retzin, descendants of N'koda,
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The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 descendants of Gazam, descendants of 'Uza, descendants of Paseach,
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The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
52 descendants of Besai, descendants of Me'unim, descendants of N'fish'sim,
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The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
53 descendants of Bakbuk, descendants of Hakufa, descendants of Harhur, 1138
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The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 descendants of Batzlit, descendants of M'chida, descendants of Harsha,
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The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 descendants of Barkos, descendants of Sisra, descendants of Temach,
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The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
56 descendants of N'tziach, and descendants of Hatifa.
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The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
57 "The descendants of Shlomo's servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Soferet, descendants of P'rida,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 descendants of Ya'lah, descendants of Darkon, descendants of Giddel,
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The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 descendants of Sh'fatyah, descendants of Hatil, descendants of Pokheret-Hatzvayim, and descendants of Amon.
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The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
60 "All the temple servants and the descendants of Shlomo's servants numbered 392
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All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
61 "The following went up from Tel-Melach, Tel-Harsha, K'ruv, Adon and Immer; but they could not state which fathers' clan they and their children belonged to, [so it was not clear] whether they were from Isra'el:
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All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:
62 descendants of D'layah, descendants of Toviyah, and descendants of N'koda 642
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The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
63 and of the cohanim: descendants of Havayah, descendants of Hakotz, and descendants of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil'adi and was named after them.
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And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.
64 "These tried to locate their geneaolgical records, but they weren't found. Therefore they were considered defiled and were not allowed to serve as cohanim.
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They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.
65 The Tirshata told them not to eat any of the especially holy food until a cohen appeared who could consult the urim and tumim.
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And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.
66 "The entire assembly numbered 42,360,
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The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;
67 not including their male and female slaves, of whom there were 7,337. They also had 245 male and female singers.
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As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.
68 Their horses numbered 736; their mules, 245;
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They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts;
69 their camels, 435; and their donkeys, 6,720.
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Four hundred and thirty-five camels, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses.
70 "Some from among the heads of fathers' clans made contributions for the work. The Tirshata contributed to the treasury a thousand gold darkmonim [twentyone pounds], fifty basins and 530 tunics for the cohanim.
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And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.
71 Some of the heads of fathers' clans gave into the treasury for the work 20,000 gold darkmonim [420 pounds] and 2,200 silver manim [one-and-a-third tons].
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And some of the heads of families gave into the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pounds of silver.
72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold darkmonim, 2,000 silver manim [about one-and-a-quarter tons] and sixty-seven tunics for the cohanim.
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And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' robes.
73 "So the cohanim, the L'vi'im, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Isra'el lived in their towns."
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So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.
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