Nehemiah 7 : 1 (HCSB)
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
Nehemiah 7 : 2 (HCSB)
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
Nehemiah 7 : 3 (HCSB)
I said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes."
Nehemiah 7 : 4 (HCSB)
The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.
Nehemiah 7 : 5 (HCSB)
Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found *the following written in it:
Nehemiah 7 : 6 (HCSB)
These are the people of the province who went up from among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to his own town in Jerusalem and Judah.
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They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men *included :
Nehemiah 7 : 8 (HCSB)
Parosh's descendants 2,172
Nehemiah 7 : 9 (HCSB)
Shephatiah's descendants 372
Nehemiah 7 : 10 (HCSB)
Arah's descendants 652
Nehemiah 7 : 11 (HCSB)
Pahath-moab's descendants: Jeshua's and Joab's descendants 2,818
Nehemiah 7 : 12 (HCSB)
Elam's descendants 1,254
Nehemiah 7 : 13 (HCSB)
Zattu's descendants 845
Nehemiah 7 : 14 (HCSB)
Zaccai's descendants 760
Nehemiah 7 : 15 (HCSB)
Binnui's descendants 648
Nehemiah 7 : 16 (HCSB)
Bebai's descendants 628
Nehemiah 7 : 17 (HCSB)
Azgad's descendants 2,322
Nehemiah 7 : 18 (HCSB)
Adonikam's descendants 667
Nehemiah 7 : 19 (HCSB)
Bigvai's descendants 2,067
Nehemiah 7 : 20 (HCSB)
Adin's descendants 655
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Ater's descendants: of Hezekiah 98
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Hashum's descendants 328
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Bezai's descendants 324
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Hariph's descendants 112
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Gibeon's descendants 95
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Bethlehem's and Netophah's men 188
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Anathoth's men 128
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Beth-azmaveth's men 42
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Kiriath-jearim's, Chephirah's, and Beeroth's men 743
Nehemiah 7 : 30 (HCSB)
Ramah's and Geba's men 621
Nehemiah 7 : 31 (HCSB)
Michmas's men 122
Nehemiah 7 : 32 (HCSB)
Bethel's and Ai's men 123
Nehemiah 7 : 33 (HCSB)
the other Nebo's men 52
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the other Elam's people 1,254
Nehemiah 7 : 35 (HCSB)
Harim's people 320
Nehemiah 7 : 36 (HCSB)
Jericho's people 345
Nehemiah 7 : 37 (HCSB)
Lod's, Hadid's, and Ono's people 721
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Senaah's people 3,930
Nehemiah 7 : 39 (HCSB)
The priests *included : Jedaiah's descendants of the house of Jeshua 973
Nehemiah 7 : 40 (HCSB)
Immer's descendants 1,052
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Pashhur's descendants 1,247
Nehemiah 7 : 42 (HCSB)
Harim's descendants 1,017
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The Levites *included : Jeshua's descendants: of Kadmiel Hodevah's descendants 74
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The singers *included : Asaph's descendants 148
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The gatekeepers *included : Shallum's descendants, Ater's descendants, Talmon's descendants, Akkub's descendants, Hatita's descendants, Shobai's descendants 138
Nehemiah 7 : 46 (HCSB)
The temple servants *included : Ziha's descendants, Hasupha's descendants, Tabbaoth's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 47 (HCSB)
Keros's descendants, Sia's descendants, Padon's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 48 (HCSB)
Lebana's descendants, Hagaba's descendants, Shalmai's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 49 (HCSB)
Hanan's descendants, Giddel's descendants, Gahar's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 50 (HCSB)
Reaiah's descendants, Rezin's descendants, Nekoda's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 51 (HCSB)
Gazzam's descendants, Uzza's descendants, Paseah's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 52 (HCSB)
Besai's descendants, Meunim's descendants, Nephishesim's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 53 (HCSB)
Bakbuk's descendants, Hakupha's descendants, Harhur's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 54 (HCSB)
Bazlith's descendants, Mehida's descendants, Harsha's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 55 (HCSB)
Barkos's descendants, Sisera's descendants, Temah's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 56 (HCSB)
Neziah's descendants, Hatipha's descendants.
Nehemiah 7 : 57 (HCSB)
The descendants of Solomon's servants *included : Sotai's descendants, Sophereth's descendants, Perida's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 58 (HCSB)
Jaala's descendants, Darkon's descendants, Giddel's descendants,
Nehemiah 7 : 59 (HCSB)
Shephatiah's descendants, Hattil's descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim's descendants, Amon's descendants.
Nehemiah 7 : 60 (HCSB)
All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants 392
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The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
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Delaiah's descendants, Tobiah's descendants, and Nekoda's descendants 642
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and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai-- who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
Nehemiah 7 : 64 (HCSB)
These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.
Nehemiah 7 : 65 (HCSB)
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah 7 : 66 (HCSB)
The whole combined assembly numbered 42,360
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not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
Nehemiah 7 : 68 (HCSB)
They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
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435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Nehemiah 7 : 70 (HCSB)
Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.
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Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.
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The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.
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So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.
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