Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah 7:63-73

63And of the priestsH3548: the childrenH1121 of HobaiahH2252, the childrenH1121 of HakkozH6976, the childrenH1121 of BarzillaiH1271, whichH834 tookH3947 a wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of BarzillaiH1271 the GileaditeH1569, and was calledH7121 afterH4480 their nameH8034. 64TheseH428 soughtH1245 their registerH3791 among thoseH428 that were reckoned by genealogyH3187, but it was notH3808 foundH4672: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthoodH3550. 65And the Tirshatha saidH559 unto them, that they should notH3808 eatH398 of the mostH6944 holyH6944 things, tillH5704 there stoodH5975 upH5975 a priestH3548 with UrimH224 and ThummimH8550. 66The wholeH3605 congregationH6951 togetherH259 was forty and twoH3967 thousandH505 threeH7969 hundredH3967 and threescore, 67beside their menservants and their maidservants, of whomH428 there were sevenH7651 thousandH505 threeH7969 hundredH3967 thirtyH7970 and sevenH7651, and they had twoH3967 hundredH3967 fortyH705 and fiveH2568 singingH7891 menH5650 and singingH7891 women. 68Their horses were sevenH7651 hundredH3967 thirtyH7970 and sixH8337; their mules, twoH3967 hundredH3967 forty and fiveH2568; 69their camels, four hundredH3967 thirtyH7970 and fiveH2568; their asses, six thousandH505 seven hundredH3967 and twenty. 70And some from among the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses gaveH5414 unto the workH4399. The Tirshatha gaveH5414 to the treasuryH214 a thousandH505 darics of goldH2091, fifty basons, five hundredH3967 and thirty priests’ garments. 71And someH5971 of the heads of fathers’ houses gaveH5414 intoH5414 the treasury of the workH5414 twenty thousandH505 darics of goldH2091, and twoH8147 thousandH505 and twoH8147 hundred pounds of silverH3701. 72And that which the rest of the peopleH5971 gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and twoH4480 thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests’H3548 garments. 73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain