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From the descendants of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with seventy men.
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From the descendants of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, with eighty men.
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From the descendants of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, with two hundred eighteen men.
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From the descendants of Bani: Shelomith son of Josiphiah, with one hundred sixty men.
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From the descendants of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, with twenty-eight men.
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From the descendants of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, with one hundred ten men.
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From the descendants of Adonikam, these were the last ones: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, with sixty men.
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From the descendants of Bigvai: Uthai and Zaccur, with seventy men.
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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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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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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.