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And I said to them that the gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.
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Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.
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And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:
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These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;
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those 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:
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The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
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The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
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The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
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The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
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The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
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The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.