Ezra 2
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Now a these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, b whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.
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Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
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the people of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
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the people of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
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the people of Arah, c seven hundred and seventy-five;
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the people of d PahathMo'ab, of the people of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
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the people of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
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the people of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five;
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the people of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;
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the people of Bani, six hundred and forty-two;
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the people of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;
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the people of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;
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the people of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six;
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the people of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six;
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the people of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four;
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the people of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;
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the people of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three;
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the people of Jorah, one hundred and twelve;
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the people of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three;
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the people of Gibbar, ninety-five;
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the people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three;
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the men of Netophah, fifty-six;
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the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;
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the people of Azmaveth, forty-two;
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the people of Kirjath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;
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the people of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;
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the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;
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the men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three;
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the people of Nebo, fifty-two;
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the people of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six;
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the people of the other e Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
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the people of Harim, three hundred and twenty;
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the people of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five;
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the people of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;
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the people of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
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The priests: the sons of f Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;
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the sons of g Immer, one thousand and fifty-two;
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the sons of h Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
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the sons of i Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
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The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
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The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
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The sons of 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, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.
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j The Nethinim: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
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the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,
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the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,
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the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,
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the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,
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the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,
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the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
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the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim,
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the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
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the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
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the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah,
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the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.
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The sons of k Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of l Sophereth, the sons of Peruda,
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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 of Zebaim, and the sons of Ami.
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All the m Nethinim and the children of n Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
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And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not identify their father's house or their genealogy, whether they were of Israel:
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the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two;
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and of the sons of the priests: the sons of o Habaiah, the sons of Koz, and the sons of p Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.
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These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; q therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.
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And the governor said to them that they r should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the s Urim and Thummim.
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t The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
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besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
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Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,
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their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
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u Some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place:
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According to their ability, they gave to the v treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.
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w So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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Nehemiah 7:6 - 73
These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.
Jeremiah 32:15
'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land."'
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces toward it, saying, 'Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.
Ezekiel 14:22
Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.
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2 Kings 24:14 - 16
Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
2 Kings 25:11
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.
2 Chronicles 36:20
And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia.
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Nehemiah 7:10
The sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
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Nehemiah 7:11
The sons of PahathMo'ab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
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Ezra 2:7
The people of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
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1 Chronicles 24:7 - 18
Now the first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah.
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1 Chronicles 24:14
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer.
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1 Chronicles 9:12
Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.
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1 Chronicles 24:8
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim.
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1 Chronicles 9:2
And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
Ezra 7:7
Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
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1 Kings 9:21
That is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely - from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.
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Nehemiah 7:57 - 60
The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida.
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Joshua 9:21
And the rulers said to them, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.
Joshua 9:27
And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.
1 Chronicles 9:2
And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
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1 Kings 9:21
That is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely - from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.
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Nehemiah 7:63
And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.
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2 Samuel 17:27
Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
1 Kings 2:7
But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
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Numbers 3:10
"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."
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Leviticus 22:2
Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:10
No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.
Leviticus 22:15
They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD.
Leviticus 22:16
'or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the LORD sanctify them.'"
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Exodus 28:30
And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
Numbers 27:21
"He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the LORD for him by the judgment of the Urim. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him - all the congregation."
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Nehemiah 7:66
Altogether the whole assembly was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty.
Isaiah 10:22
For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
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Ezra 1:6
And all those who were around them encouraged them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
Ezra 3:5
Afterwards they offered the regular burnt offering, and those for New Moons and for all the appointed feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to the LORD.
Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.
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1 Chronicles 26:20
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.
Ezra 8:25 - 35
And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered.
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Ezra 6:16
Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
Ezra 6:17
And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
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