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Nehemiah 7 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Census of First Returned Exiles

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Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - I put my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many [of the others].

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the [fn]sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still standing guard, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the residents of Jerusalem, each at his post [on the wall], and each in front of his own house.”
(Ezr 2:1–70 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city was spacious and large, but there were few people in it and the houses had not [yet] been built.

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Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. Then I found the register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] first, and I found the following record:

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These are the sons (descendants, people) of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had deported [to Babylon]; they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - the ones who came with [fn]Zerubbabel, Jeshua, [fn]Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The men of the people of Israel [fn]numbered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:8 - the sons of Parosh, 2,172;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:9 - the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:10 - the sons of Arah, 652;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11 - the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - the sons of Elam, 1,254;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:13 - the sons of Zattu, 845;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14 - the sons of Zaccai, 760;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:15 - the sons of Binnui, 648;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16 - the sons of Bebai, 628;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17 - the sons of Azgad, 2,322;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18 - the sons of Adonikam, 667;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19 - the sons of Bigvai, 2,067;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:20 - the sons of Adin, 655;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:21 - the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:22 - the sons of Hashum, 328;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23 - the sons of Bezai, 324;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:24 - the sons of Hariph, 112;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:25 - the sons of Gibeon, 95;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27 - the men of Anathoth, 128;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:28 - the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31 - the men of Michmas, 122;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 - the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:33 - the men of the other Nebo, 52;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35 - the sons of Harim, 320;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:36 - the sons of Jericho, 345;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:38 - the sons of Senaah, 3,930.

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These are the priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:40 - the sons of Immer, 1,052;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41 - the sons of Pashhur, 1,247;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42 - the sons of Harim, 1,017.

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These are the Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, 74.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:44 - The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45 - The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, 138.

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The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:47 - the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:48 - the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:49 - the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:50 - the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:51 - the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:52 - the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:53 - the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:54 - the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:55 - the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:56 - the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

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The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:58 - the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:59 - the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.

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All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants, totaled 392.

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And these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they [had no birth records and] could not prove their fathers’ houses or their descent, whether they were of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 - the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:63 - Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, who [was so named because he had] married one of the daughters of Barzillai, the [well-known] Gileadite, and was named after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These men searched for their ancestral registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not located; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - The governor told them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose with [fn]Urim and Thummim [to determine God’s will in the matter].

Total of People and Gifts

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The entire assembly together was 42,360,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:68 - [fn]Their horses were 736; their mules, 245;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - [fn]their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.

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Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priests’ garments.

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So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, along with all Israel, lived in their cities.

And when the seventh month came, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob) were in their cities.

See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
Under normal conditions the city gates were open from sunrise to sunset. Because of security concerns the hours these gates were open was limited.
The Book of Ezra contains the same list using purer Hebrew names.
Not the author of this book.
There are slight, unexplained variations between numbers in a few entries in this list and the list given in Ezra.
Special objects placed in the sacred breastplate (ephod) of the high priest. What they were and how they were used to determine the divine will is unknown.
This verse is not found in the Masoretic Hebrew text. It was included in the Greek and other mss, probably to match Ezra 2:66.
V 68 in Hebrew.
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