Nehemiah 7

1Then it was, when the wall was built and I had hung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

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2I gave charge of Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many, along with Hananiah the leader of the citadel.

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3And I said to them, 'Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut and bar the doors; and appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his watch station and another in front of his own house.'

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4Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.

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5Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return and found written in it:

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6These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.

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7Those with Zerubbabel, not only Jeshua, but also Nehemiah, Azariah, Raaemia, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Ezra, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah, and Masphar, men of the people of Israel;

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8the children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

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9the children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;

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10the children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two;

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11the children of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;

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12the children of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

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13the children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;

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14the children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

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15the children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;

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16the sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight;

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17the children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;

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18the children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;

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19the children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven;

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20the children of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;

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21the children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

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22the children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;

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23the children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;

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24the children of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;

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25the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;

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26the children of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three, and Netophah, fifty-six;

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27the children of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;

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28the children of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two;

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29the children of Kirjath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;

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30the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;

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31the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;

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32the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;

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33the men of Nebo, fifty-two;

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34the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

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35the children of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

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36the sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;

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37the children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;

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38the children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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39The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

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40the sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two;

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41the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

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42the sons of Harim were one thousand and seventeen.

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43The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of the house of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Hodevah, seventy-four.

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44The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

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45The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the children of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.

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46The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

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47the children of Keros, the sons of Sia, the children of Padon,

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48the children of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,

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49the children of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

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50the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

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51the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,

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52the children of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,

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53the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

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54the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harhur,

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55the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,

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56the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.

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57The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

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58the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

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59the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, and the children of Amon.

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60All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred ninety-two.

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61And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not identify their father's house nor their lineage, whether they were of Israel:

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62the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.

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63And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

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64These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.

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65And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.

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66Altogether the whole assembly was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

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67besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.

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68Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,

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69their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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70Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work of Nehemiah for the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and thirty priestly garments.

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71Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas and two thousand two hundred silver minas.

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72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand two hundred silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

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73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.

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