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Nehemiah 7

₁After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed. ₂I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most people do. ₃I said to them, ‘The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, make them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.’

The list of the exiles who returned

₄Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. ₅So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:

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These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

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in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah):

The list of the men of the people of Israel:

8 the descendants of
Parosh	2,172
9 Shephatiah	372
10 Arah	652
11 Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)	2,818
12 Elam	1,254
13 Zattu	845
14 Zakkai	760
15 Binnui	648
16 Bebai	628
17 Azgad	2,322
18 Adonikam	667
19 Bigvai	2,067
20 Adin	655
21 Ater (through Hezekiah)	98
22 Hashum	328
23 Bezai	324
24 Hariph	112
25 Gibeon	95
26 the men of
Bethlehem and Netophah	188
27 Anathoth	128
28 Beth Azmaveth	42
29 Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth	743
30 of Ramah and Geba	621
31 of Mikmash	122
32 of Bethel and Ai	123
33 of the other Nebo	52
34 of the other Elam	1,254
35 of Harim	320
36 of Jericho	345
37 of Lod, Hadid and Ono	721
38 of Senaah	3,930

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The priests:

the descendants of
Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua)	973
40 Immer	1,052
41 Pashhur	1,247
42 Harim	1,017

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The Levites:

the descendants of
Jeshua (through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah)	74

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The musicians:

the descendants of
Asaph	148

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The gatekeepers of the temple:

the descendants of
Shallum, Ater, Talmon,
Akkub, Hatita and Shobai	138

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The temple servants:

the descendants of

Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

47 Keros, Sia, Padon,

48 Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,

49 Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,

50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,

51 Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,

52 Besai, Meunim, Nephussim,

53 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

54 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

55 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

56 Neziah and Hatipha

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The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of
Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,
58 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
59 Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Amon
60 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon	392

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The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

62 the descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda	642

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And from among the priests:

the descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

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These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

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The whole company numbered 42,360,

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besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers.

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There were 736 horses, 245 mules,

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435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

₇₀Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. ₇₁Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. ₇₂The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver and 67 garments for priests.

₇₃The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.

Ezra reads the Law

When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,

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Nehemiah 7

The list of the exiles who returned

Ezra reads the Law