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And of the priests who usurped the office of the priesthood and were not recorded: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Jaddus, who married Agia one of the daughters of Barzillai, and was named after his name.
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And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood.
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For unto them said Nehemiah and Attharias that they should not be partakers of the holy things till there arose up a high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.
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So of Israel, from those of twelve years old and upward, they were all in number forty thousand, besides menservants and womenservants two thousand three hundred and sixty.
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Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred forty and seven; the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five;
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four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty and six horses, two hundred forty and five mules, five thousand five hundred twenty and five beasts used to the yoke.
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And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
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and to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and a hundred priestly vestments.
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And so dwelt the priests and the Levites and the people in Jerusalem and in the country, the singers also and the gatekeepers, and all Israel in their villages.
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But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
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Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel