Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah 7:63-73

63And of the priestsH3548: the children of HobaiahH2252, the children of Koz, the children of BarzillaiH1271, who tookH3947 a wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of BarzillaiH1271 the GileaditeH1569 and was calledH7121 after their nameH8034. 64These soughtH1245 their genealogicalH3187 register, but it was not foundH4672; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthoodH3550. 65And the Tirshatha saidH559 to them that they should not eatH398 of the most holyH6944 thingsH6944, till there stoodH5975 up the priestH3548 with UrimH224 and ThummimH8550. 66The whole congregation together was forty-two thousandH505 threeH7969 hundredH3967 and sixtyH8346, 67besides their servantsH5650 and their maids, of whom there were sevenH7651 thousandH505 threeH7969 hundredH3967 and thirty-seven; and they had twoH3967 hundredH3967 and forty-fiveH705 singing-men and singing-women. 68Their horses were sevenH7651 hundredH3967 and thirty-six; their mules, twoH3967 hundredH3967 and forty-five; 69the camels, four hundredH3967 and thirty-five; the asses, six thousandH505 seven hundredH3967 and twenty. 70And some of the chiefH7218 fathersH1 gaveH5414 to the workH4399. The Tirshatha gaveH5414 to the treasureH214 a thousandH505 darics of goldH2091, fifty basons, five hundredH3967 and thirty priests' coats. 71And [some] of the chief fathers gaveH5414 to the treasure of the work twenty thousandH505 darics of goldH2091, and twoH8147 thousandH505 twoH8147 hundred pounds of silverH3701. 72And that which the rest of the peopleH5971 gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' coats. 73And the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities,

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