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Nehemiah 7:55-73 World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBBE)

55. the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

56. the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

57. The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

58. the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

59. the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.

60. All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.

61. These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:

62. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

63. Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

64. These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.

65. The governor told that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.

66. The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty,

67. in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women.

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

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

70. Some from amongst the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.

71. Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred minas of silver.

72. That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.

73. So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their cities.When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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