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Ezra 2:51-69 Modern English Version (MEV)

51. the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

52. the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

53. the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

54. the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

55. The sons of Solomon’s servants were:the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,

56. the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

57. the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, the sons of Ami.

58. All those devoted to the temple as servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

59. These were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not prove their father’s house or their descent, whether they were of Israel:

60. the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda—six hundred and fifty-two;

61. and of the sons of the priests:the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (whose ancestor married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was thereafter called by their name).

62. These sought their records in the genealogy register, but they were not found. Therefore, they were disqualified (as polluted) from the priesthood.

63. The governor advised them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest consulted with the Urim and Thummim.

64. The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

65. besides their male and female servants (these numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven); they also had two hundred singing men and women.

66. Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;

67. their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; and their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

68. As some of the heads of households came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, they volunteered to erect the foundations for the house of God.

69. They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.

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