Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah 7:5-38

5Then 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:

6These 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,

7the ones who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The men of the people of Israel numbered:

8the sons of Parosh, 2,172;

9the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

10the sons of Arah, 652;

11the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818;

12the sons of Elam, 1,254;

13the sons of Zattu, 845;

14the sons of Zaccai, 760;

15the sons of Binnui, 648;

16the sons of Bebai, 628;

17the sons of Azgad, 2,322;

18the sons of Adonikam, 667;

19the sons of Bigvai, 2,067;

20the sons of Adin, 655;

21the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98;

22the sons of Hashum, 328;

23the sons of Bezai, 324;

24the sons of Hariph, 112;

25the sons of Gibeon, 95;

26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

27the men of Anathoth, 128;

28the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;

29the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;

30the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

31the men of Michmas, 122;

32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

33the men of the other Nebo, 52;

34the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;

35the sons of Harim, 320;

36the sons of Jericho, 345;

37the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721;

38the sons of Senaah, 3,930.

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