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Nehemiah 7 (CEV)

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1 After the wall had been rebuilt and the gates hung, then the temple guards, the singers, and the other Levites were assigned their work. 2 I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, because Hananiah could be trusted, and he respected God more than most people did. 3 I said to them, "Don't let the gates to the city be opened until the sun has been up for a while. And make sure that they are closed and barred before the guards go off duty at sunset. Choose people from Jerusalem to stand guard at different places aroun 4 Although Jerusalem covered a large area, not many people lived there, and no new houses had been built. 5 So God gave me the idea to bring together the people, their leaders, and officials and to check the family records of those who had returned from captivity in Babylonia, after having been taken there by King Nebuchadnezzar. About this same time, I found 6 (SEE 7:5) 7 and that they had come with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. 8 Here is how many had returned from each family group: 2,172 from Parosh; 372 from Shephatiah; 652 from Arah; 2,818 from Pahath Moab, who were all descendants of Jeshua and Joab; 1,254 from Elam; 845 from Zattu; 760 from Zaccai; 648 from Binnui; 628 from 9 (SEE 7:8) 10 (SEE 7:8) 11 (SEE 7:8) 12 (SEE 7:8) 13 (SEE 7:8) 14 (SEE 7:8) 15 (SEE 7:8) 16 (SEE 7:8) 17 (SEE 7:8) 18 (SEE 7:8) 19 (SEE 7:8) 20 (SEE 7:8) 21 (SEE 7:8) 22 (SEE 7:8) 23 (SEE 7:8) 24 (SEE 7:8) 25 (SEE 7:8) 26 Here is how many people returned whose ancestors had come from the following towns: 188 from Bethlehem and Netophah; 128 from Anathoth; 42 from Beth-Azmaveth; 743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth; 621 from Ramah and Geba; 122 from Michmas; 123 27 (SEE 7:26) 28 (SEE 7:26) 29 (SEE 7:26) 30 (SEE 7:26) 31 (SEE 7:26) 32 (SEE 7:26) 33 (SEE 7:26) 34 (SEE 7:26) 35 (SEE 7:26) 36 (SEE 7:26) 37 (SEE 7:26) 38 (SEE 7:26) 39 Here is how many returned from each family of priests: 973 descendants of Jeshua from Jedaiah; 1,052 from Immer; 1,247 from Pashhur; and 1,017 from Harim. 40 (SEE 7:39) 41 (SEE 7:39) 42 (SEE 7:39) 43 Here is how many returned from the families of Levites: 74 descendants of Hodevah from the families of Jeshua and Kadmiel; 148 descendants of Asaph from the temple musicians; and 138 descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai from th 44 (SEE 7:43) 45 (SEE 7:43) 46 Here are the names of the families of temple workers whose descendants returned: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Sia, Padon, Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim, Bakbuk, H 47 (SEE 7:46) 48 (SEE 7:46) 49 (SEE 7:46) 50 (SEE 7:46) 51 (SEE 7:46) 52 (SEE 7:46) 53 (SEE 7:46) 54 (SEE 7:46) 55 (SEE 7:46) 56 (SEE 7:46) 57 Here are the names of Solomon's servants whose descendants returned: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon. 58 (SEE 7:57) 59 (SEE 7:57) 60 A total of 392 descendants of temple workers and of Solomon's servants returned. 61 There were 642 who returned from the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, though they could not prove they were Israelites. They had lived in the Babylonian towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. 62 (SEE 7:61) 63 The families of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai could not prove they were priests. The ancestor of the family of Barzillai had married the daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and had taken his wife's family name. But the records of these three families coul 64 (SEE 7:63) 65 In fact, the governor told them, "You cannot eat the food offered to God until he lets us know if you really are priests." 66 There were 42,360 who returned, in addition to 7,337 servants, and 245 musicians. Altogether, they brought with them 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 67 (SEE 7:66) 68 (SEE 7:66) 69 (SEE 7:66) 70 Many people gave gifts to help pay for the materials to rebuild the temple. The governor himself gave 17 pounds of gold, 50 bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 robes for the priests. Family leaders gave 337 pounds of gold and 3,215 pounds of silver. 71 (SEE 7:70) 72 (SEE 7:70) 73 And so, by the seventh month, priests, Levites, temple guards, musicians, workers, and many of the ordinary people had settled in the towns of Judah.