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Nehemiah 7 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Census of First Returned Exiles

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Now it happened when the wall was rebuilt and I had made the doors to stand, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - that I commanded Hanani my brother and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, to be over Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun is hot; and until they are there standing guard, they must shut and bolt the doors. Also have guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem stand, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”
(Ezr 2:1–70 )
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not rebuilt.
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Then my God put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, the officials, and the people to be recorded by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first, and in it I found written:

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These are the [fn]people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away into exile, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,

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

The number of men of the people of Israel:

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the sons of Parosh, 2,172;

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the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

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the sons of Arah, 652;

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the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818;

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the sons of Elam, 1,254;

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the sons of Zattu, 845;

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the sons of Zaccai, 760;

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the sons of [fn]Binnui, 648;

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the sons of Bebai, 628;

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the sons of Azgad, 2,322;

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the sons of Adonikam, 667;

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the sons of Bigvai, 2,067;

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the sons of Adin, 655;

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the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98;

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the sons of Hashum, 328;

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the sons of Bezai, 324;

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the sons of [fn]Hariph, 112;

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the sons of [fn]Gibeon, 95;

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the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

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the men of Anathoth, 128;

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the men of [fn]Beth-azmaveth, 42;

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the men of [fn]Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

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the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

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the men of Michmas, 122;

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the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

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the men of the other Nebo, 52;

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the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;

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the sons of Harim, 320;

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the [fn]men of Jericho, 345;

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the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721;

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the sons of Senaah, 3,930.

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The priests:

the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;

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the sons of Immer, 1,052;

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the sons of Pashhur, 1,247;

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the sons of Harim, 1,017.

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The Levites:

the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of [fn]Hodevah, 74.

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The singers:

the sons of Asaph, 148.

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The gatekeepers:

the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, 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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the sons of Keros, the sons of [fn]Sia, the sons of Padon,

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the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

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the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,

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the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,

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the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,

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the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of [fn]Nephushesim,

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the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

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the sons of [fn]Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

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the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

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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 [fn]Sophereth, the sons of [fn]Perida,

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the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

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the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of [fn]Amon.

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

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Now these were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, [fn]Addon, and Immer; but they were not able to declare their fathers’ houses or their fathers’ seed, whether they were of Israel:

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the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642.

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Of the priests:

the sons of [fn]Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and he was called by their name.

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These searched in their genealogical records, but it could not be found; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - And the [fn]governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood with [fn]Urim and Thummim.

The Assembly and Their Gifts

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The whole assembly together was 42,360,

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besides their male and their female slaves, [fn]of whom there were 7,337;

and they had 245 male and female singers.

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[fn]Their horses were 736; their mules, 245;

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their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.

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Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The [fn]governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold [fn]drachmas, 50 bowls, 530 priests’ tunics.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver [fn]minas.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests’ tunics.
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So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

LSB Footnotes
Lit sons
In Ezra 2:2, Seraiah
In Ezra 2:2, Reelaiah
In Ezra 2:2, Mispar
In Ezra 2:2, Rehum
In Ezra 2:10, Bani
In Ezra 2:18, Jorah
In Ezra 2:20, Gibbar
In Ezra 2:24, Azmaveth
In Ezra 2:25, Kiriath-arim
Lit sons
In Ezra 2:40, Hodaviah
In Ezra 2:44, Siaha
In Ezra 2:50, Nephisim
In Ezra 2:52, Bazluth
In Ezra 2:55, Hassophereth
In Ezra 2:55, Peruda
In Ezra 2:57, Ami
In Ezra 2:59, Addan
In Ezra 2:61, Habaiah
Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title
Lit the lights and perfections
Lit these
As in some ancient mss and Gr
Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title
A Greek silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
A mina was approx. 1.25 lb. or 0.6 kg
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