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1 And now the wall had been rebuilt, the gates had all been put in place, and the Temple guards, the members of the sacred choir, and the other Levites had been assigned their work.
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Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 I put two men in charge of governing the city of Jerusalem: my brother Hanani and Hananiah, commanding officer of the fortress. Hananiah was a reliable and God-fearing man without equal.
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that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
3 I told them not to have the gates of Jerusalem opened in the morning until well after sunrise and to have them closed and barred before the guards went off duty at sunset. I also told them to appoint guards from among the people who lived in Jerusalem and to assign some of them to specific posts and others to patrol the area around their own houses.
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I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar you them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone [to be] over against his house.
4 Jerusalem was a large city, but not many people were living in it, and not many houses had been built yet.
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Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
5 God inspired me to assemble the people and their leaders and officials and to check their family records. I located the records of those who had first returned from captivity, and this is the information I found:
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My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
6 Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own hometown. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners.
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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, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;
7 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
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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 This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile: Parosh - 2,172
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The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
9 Shephatiah - 372
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The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
10 Arah - 652
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The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.
11 Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) - 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 Elam - 1,254
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The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
13 Zattu - 845
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The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.
14 Zaccai - 760
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The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
15 Binnui - 648
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The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
16 Bebai - 628
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The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.
17 Azgad - 2,322
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The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
18 Adonikam - 667
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The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.
19 Bigvai - 2,067
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The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
20 Adin - 655
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The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.
21 Ater (also called Hezekiah) - 98
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The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22 Hashum - 328
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The children of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight.
23 Bezai - 324
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The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.
24 Hariph - 112
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The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
25 Gibeon - 95
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The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
26 People whose ancestors had lived in the following towns also returned: Bethlehem and Netophah - 188
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The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.
27 Anathoth - 128
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The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
28 Beth Azmaveth - 42
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The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.
29 Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth - 743
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The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
30 Ramah and Geba - 621
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The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
31 Michmash - 122
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The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.
32 Bethel and Ai - 123
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The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
33 The other Nebo - 52
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The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
34 The other Elam - 1,254
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The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35 Harim - 320
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The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
36 Jericho - 345
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The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
37 Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 721
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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.
38 Senaah - 3,930
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The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.
39 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.
40 Immer - 1,052
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The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
41 Pashhur - 1,247
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The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
42 Harim - 1,017
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The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.
43 Clans of Levites who returned from exile: Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) - 74
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
44 Temple musicians (descendants of Asaph) - 148
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The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
45 Temple guards (descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai) - 138
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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, one hundred thirty-eight.
46 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,
47 Keros, Sia, Padon,
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the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
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the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49 Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,
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the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
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the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,
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the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah.
52 Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim,
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The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
53 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
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the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha,
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the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
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the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
56 Neziah, and Hatipha.
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the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
57 Clans of Solomon's servants who returned from exile: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,
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The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
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the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.
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the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
60 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.
61 There were 642 belonging to the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda who returned from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer;
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These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
62 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 forty-two.
63 The following priestly clans could find no record to prove their ancestry: Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (The ancestor of the priestly clan of Barzillai had married a woman from the clan of Barzillai of Gilead and taken the name of his father-in-law's clan.)
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Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, 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.
64 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 it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
65 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 Thummim.
66 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360 Their male and female servants - 7,337
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The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
67 Male and female musicians - 245
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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 forty-five singing men and singing women.
68 Horses - 736, Mules - 245
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Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
69 Camels - 435, Donkeys - 6,720
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[their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
70 Many of the people contributed to help pay the cost of restoring the Temple: The governor 8 kilogrammes of gold, 50 ceremonial bowls, 530 robes for priests
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Some from among the heads of fathers' [houses] gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.
71 eads of clans 168 kilogrammes of gold, 1,250 kilogrammes of silver,
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Some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
72 he rest of the people 168 kilogrammes of gold, 140 kilogrammes of silver, 67 robes for priests
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That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
73 The priests, the Levites, the temple guards, the musicians, many of the ordinary people, the temple workmen - all the people of Israel - settled in the towns and cities of Judah.
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So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were 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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