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These are now the chief[H7218] of their fathers[H1], and this is the genealogy[H3187] of them that went up[H5927] with me from Babylon[H894], in the reign[H4438] of Artaxerxes[H783] the king[H4428].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Phinehas[H6372]; Gershom[H1647]: of the sons[H1121] of Ithamar[H385]; Daniel[H1840]: of the sons[H1121] of David[H1732]; Hattush[H2407].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Shechaniah[H7935], of the sons[H1121] of Pharosh[H6551]; Zechariah[H2148]: and with him were reckoned by genealogy[H3187] of the males[H2145] an hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Pahathmoab[H6355]; Elihoenai[H454] the son[H1121] of Zerahiah[H2228], and with him two hundred[H3967]males[H2145].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Shechaniah[H7935]; the son[H1121] of Jahaziel[H3166], and with him three[H7969]hundred[H3967]males[H2145].
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Of the sons[H1121] also of Adin[H5720]; Ebed[H5651] the son[H1121] of Jonathan[H3129], and with him fifty[H2572]males[H2145].
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And of the sons[H1121] of Elam[H5867]; Jeshaiah[H3470] the son[H1121] of Athaliah[H6271], and with him seventy[H7657]males[H2145].
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And of the sons[H1121] of Shephatiah[H8203]; Zebadiah[H2069] the son[H1121] of Michael[H4317], and with him fourscore[H8084]males[H2145].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Joab[H3097]; Obadiah[H5662] the son[H1121] of Jehiel[H3171], and with him two hundred[H3967] and eighteen[H8083]males[H2145].
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And of the sons[H1121] of Shelomith[H8019]; the son[H1121] of Josiphiah[H3131], and with him an hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346]males[H2145].
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And of the sons[H1121] of Bebai[H893]; Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1121] of Bebai[H893], and with him twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083]males[H2145].
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And of the sons[H1121] of Azgad[H5803]; Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Hakkatan[H6997], and with him an hundred[H3967] and ten[H6235]males[H2145].
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And of the last[H314]sons[H1121] of Adonikam[H140], whose names[H8034] are these, Eliphelet[H467], Jeiel[H3273], and Shemaiah[H8098], and with them threescore[H8346]males[H2145].
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Of the sons[H1121] also of Bigvai[H902]; Uthai[H5793], and Zabbud[H2072], and with them seventy[H7657]males[H2145].
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And I gathered them together[H6908] to the river[H5104] that runneth[H935] to Ahava[H163]; and there abode we in tents[H2583]three[H7969]days[H3117]: and I viewed[H995] the people[H5971], and the priests[H3548], and found[H4672] there none of the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878].
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Then sent[H7971] I for Eliezer[H461], for Ariel[H740], for Shemaiah[H8098], and for Elnathan[H494], and for Jarib[H3402], and for Elnathan[H494], and for Nathan[H5416], and for Zechariah[H2148], and for Meshullam[H4918], chief men[H7218]; also for Joiarib[H3114], and for Elnathan[H494], men[H7218] of understanding[H995].
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And I sent[H6680] them with commandment[H3318] unto Iddo[H112] the chief[H7218] at the place[H4725]Casiphia[H3703], and I told[H7760] them what[H1697] they should say[H1696] unto Iddo[H112], and to his brethren[H251] the Nethinims[H5411], at the place[H4725]Casiphia[H3703], that they should bring[H935] unto us ministers[H8334] for the house[H1004] of our God[H430].
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And by the good[H2896]hand[H3027] of our God[H430] upon us they brought[H935] us a man[H376] of understanding[H7922], of the sons[H1121] of Mahli[H4249], the son[H1121] of Levi[H3878], the son[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and Sherebiah[H8274], with his sons[H1121] and his brethren[H251], eighteen[H8083];
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And Hashabiah[H2811], and with him Jeshaiah[H3470] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], his brethren[H251] and their sons[H1121], twenty[H6242];
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Also of the Nethinims[H5411], whom David[H1732] and the princes[H8269] had appointed[H5414] for the service[H5656] of the Levites[H3881], two hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]Nethinims[H5411]: all of them were expressed[H5344] by name[H8034].
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Then I proclaimed[H7121] a fast[H6685] there, at the river[H5104] of Ahava[H163], that we might afflict[H6031] ourselves before[H6440] our God[H430], to seek[H1245] of him a right[H3477]way[H1870] for us, and for our little ones[H2945], and for all our substance[H7399].
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For I was ashamed[H954] to require[H7592] of the king[H4428] a band of soldiers[H2428] and horsemen[H6571] to help[H5826] us against the enemy[H341] in the way[H1870]: because we had spoken[H559] unto the king[H4428], saying[H559], The hand[H3027] of our God[H430] is upon all them for good[H2896] that seek[H1245] him; but his power[H5797] and his wrath[H639] is against all them that forsake[H5800] him.
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So we fasted[H6684] and besought[H1245] our God[H430] for this: and he was intreated[H6279] of us.
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Then I separated[H914]twelve[H8147] of the chief[H8269] of the priests[H3548], Sherebiah[H8274], Hashabiah[H2811], and ten[H6235] of their brethren[H251] with them,
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And weighed[H8254] unto them the silver[H3701], and the gold[H2091], and the vessels[H3627], even the offering[H8641] of the house[H1004] of our God[H430], which the king[H4428], and his counsellors[H3289], and his lords[H8269], and all Israel[H3478] there present[H4672], had offered[H7311]:
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I even weighed[H8254] unto their hand[H3027]six[H8337]hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572]talents[H3603] of silver[H3701], and silver[H3701]vessels[H3627] an hundred[H3967]talents[H3603], and of gold[H2091] an hundred[H3967]talents[H3603];
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Also twenty[H6242]basons[H3713] of gold[H2091], of a thousand[H505]drams[H150]; and two[H8147]vessels[H3627] of fine[H2896]copper[H5178], precious[H2532] as gold[H2091].
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And I said[H559] unto them, Ye are holy[H6944] unto the LORD[H3068]; the vessels[H3627] are holy[H6944] also; and the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] are a freewill offering[H5071] unto the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of your fathers[H1].
29Watch[H8245] ye, and keep[H8104] them, until ye weigh[H8254] them before[H6440] the chief[H8269] of the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881], and chief[H8269] of the fathers[H1] of Israel[H3478], at Jerusalem[H3389], in the chambers[H3957] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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So took[H6901] the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] the weight[H4948] of the silver[H3701], and the gold[H2091], and the vessels[H3627], to bring[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389] unto the house[H1004] of our God[H430].
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Then we departed[H5265] from the river[H5104] of Ahava[H163] on the twelfth[H8147] day of the first[H7223]month[H2320], to go[H3212] unto Jerusalem[H3389]: and the hand[H3027] of our God[H430] was upon us, and he delivered[H5337] us from the hand[H3709] of the enemy[H341], and of such as lay in wait[H693] by the way[H1870].
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And we came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], and abode[H3427] there three[H7969]days[H3117].
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Now on the fourth[H7243]day[H3117] was the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] and the vessels[H3627]weighed[H8254] in the house[H1004] of our God[H430] by the hand[H3027] of Meremoth[H4822] the son[H1121] of Uriah[H223] the priest[H3548]; and with him was Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Phinehas[H6372]; and with them was Jozabad[H3107] the son[H1121] of Jeshua[H3442], and Noadiah[H5129] the son[H1121] of Binnui[H1131], Levites[H3881];
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By number[H4557] and by weight[H4948] of every one: and all the weight[H4948] was written[H3789] at that time[H6256].
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Also the children[H1121] of those that had been carried away[H1473], which were come out[H935] of the captivity[H7628], offered[H7126] burnt offerings[H5930] unto the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], twelve[H8147]bullocks[H6499] for all Israel[H3478], ninety[H8673] and six[H8337]rams[H352], seventy[H7657] and seven[H7651]lambs[H3532], twelve[H6240] he goats[H6842] for a sin offering[H2403]: all this was a burnt offering[H5930] unto the LORD[H3068].
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And they delivered[H5414] the king's commissions[H1881] unto the king's lieutenants[H323], and to the governors[H6346] on this side[H5676] the river[H5104]: and they furthered[H5375] the people[H5971], and the house[H1004] of God[H430].