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Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra

These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

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The Exiles who Returned with Ezra

And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.

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Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;

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Of the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150 men.

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of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.

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Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.

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Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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Of the sons of Zattu,a Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.

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Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

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Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men.

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And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

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Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.

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And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

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Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him 80 men.

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And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

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Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.

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Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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Of the sons of Bani,b Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men.

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And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.

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Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.

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And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.

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Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men.

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And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.

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Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.

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And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

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Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.

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And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

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Ezra Sends for Levites

I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Ezra Sends for Levites

And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

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Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight,

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And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers andc the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.

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And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

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And by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18;

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And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

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also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;

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and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

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besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.

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and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.

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Fasting and Prayer for Protection

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

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Fasting for Protection

And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.”

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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

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So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

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And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

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Priests to Guard Offerings

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them.

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The Priests Guard Offerings

And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.

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and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.

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I weighed out into their hand 650 talentsd of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents,e and 100 talents of gold,

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And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents;

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20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,f and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.

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and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.

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And I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

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And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.

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Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the Lord.”

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Watch and keep [them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

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So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

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And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

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Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.

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And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

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We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days.

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And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

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On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.

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Treasure Placed in the Temple

And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites:

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The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.

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the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down at that time.

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At that time those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.

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The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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They also delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satrapsg and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.

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And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.

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