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In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ,
that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished ,
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing :
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Thus says Cyrus king of Persia :
The LORD ,
the God of heaven ,
has given me all the kingdoms of the earth ,
and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem ,
which is in Judah .
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Whoever is among you of all his people ,
may his God be with him ,
and let him go up to Jerusalem ,
which is in Judah ,
and rebuild the house of the LORD ,
the God of Israel --
he is the God who is in Jerusalem ;
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and let each survivor ,
in whatever place he sojourns ,
be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold ,
with goods and with beasts ,
besides freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem ."
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Then rose up the heads of the fathers '
houses of Judah and Benjamin ,
and the priests and the Levites ,
every one whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem ;
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and all who were about them aided them with vessels of silver ,
with gold ,
with goods ,
with beasts ,
and with costly wares ,
besides all that was freely offered .
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Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD which Nebuchadnez '
zar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods .
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Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in charge of Mith '
redath the treasurer ,
who counted them out to Shesh-baz '
zar the prince of Judah .
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And this was the number of them :
a thousand basins of gold ,
a thousand basins of silver ,
twenty-nine censers ,
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thirty bowls of gold ,
two thousand four hundred and ten bowls of silver ,
and a thousand other vessels ;
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all the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred and sixty-nine .
All these did Shesh-baz '
zar bring up ,
when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem .
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Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnez '
zar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia ;
they returned to Jerusalem and Judah ,
each to his own town .
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They came with Zerub '
babel ,
Jeshua ,
Nehemi '
ah ,
Serai '
ah ,
Re-el-ai '
ah ,
Mor '
decai ,
Bilshan ,
Mispar ,
Bigva '
i ,
Rehum ,
and Ba '
anah .
The number of the men of the people of Israel :
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the sons of Parosh ,
two thousand one hundred and seventy-two .
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The sons of Shephati '
ah ,
three hundred and seventy-two .
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The sons of Arah ,
seven hundred and seventy-five .
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The sons of Pa '
hath-moab ,
namely the sons of Jeshua and Jo '
ab ,
two thousand eight hundred and twelve .
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The sons of Elam ,
one thousand two hundred and fifty-four .
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The sons of Zattu ,
nine hundred and forty-five .
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The sons of Zac '
cai ,
seven hundred and sixty .
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The sons of Bani ,
six hundred and forty-two .
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The sons of Be '
bai ,
six hundred and twenty-three .
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The sons of Azgad ,
one thousand two hundred and twenty-two .
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The sons of Adoni '
kam ,
six hundred and sixty-six .
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The sons of Bigva '
i ,
two thousand and fifty-six .
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The sons of Adin ,
four hundred and fifty-four .
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The sons of Ater ,
namely of Hezeki '
ah ,
ninety-eight .
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The sons of Be '
zai ,
three hundred and twenty-three .
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The sons of Jorah ,
one hundred and twelve .
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The sons of Hashum ,
two hundred and twenty-three .
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The sons of Gibbar ,
ninety-five .
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The sons of Bethlehem ,
one hundred and twenty-three .
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The men of Neto '
phah ,
fifty-six .
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The men of An '
athoth ,
one hundred and twenty-eight .
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The sons of Az '
maveth ,
forty-two .
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The sons of Kir '
iathar '
im ,
Chephi '
rah ,
and Be-er '
oth ,
seven hundred and forty-three .
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The sons of Ramah and Geba ,
six hundred and twenty-one .
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The men of Michmas ,
one hundred and twenty-two .
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The men of Bethel and Ai ,
two hundred and twenty-three .
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The sons of Nebo ,
fifty-two .
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The sons of Magbish ,
one hundred and fifty-six .
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The sons of the other Elam ,
one thousand two hundred and fifty-four .
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The sons of Harim ,
three hundred and twenty .
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The sons of Lod ,
Hadid ,
and Ono ,
seven hundred and twenty-five .
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The sons of Jericho ,
three hundred and forty-five .
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The sons of Sena '
ah ,
three thousand six hundred and thirty .
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The priests :
the sons of Jedai '
ah ,
of the house of Jeshua ,
nine hundred and seventy-three .
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The sons of Immer ,
one thousand and fifty-two .
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The sons of Pashhur ,
one thousand two hundred and forty-seven .
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The sons of Harim ,
one thousand and seventeen .
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The Levites :
the sons of Jeshua and Kad '
mi-el ,
of the sons of Hodavi '
ah ,
seventy-four .
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The singers :
the sons of Asaph ,
one hundred and twenty-eight .
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The sons of the gatekeepers :
the sons of Shallum ,
the sons of Ater ,
the sons of Talmon ,
the sons of Akkub ,
the sons of Hati '
ta ,
and the sons of Sho '
bai ,
in all one hundred and thirty-nine .
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The temple servants :
the sons of Ziha ,
the sons of Hasu '
pha ,
the sons of Tabba '
oth ,
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the sons of Keros ,
the sons of Si '
aha ,
the sons of Padon ,
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the sons of Leba '
nah ,
the sons of Hag '
abah ,
the sons of Akkub ,
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the sons of Hagab ,
the sons of Shamlai ,
the sons of Hanan ,
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the sons of Giddel ,
the sons of Gahar ,
the sons of Re-ai '
ah ,
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the sons of Rezin ,
the sons of Neko '
da ,
the sons of Gazzam ,
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the sons of Uzza ,
the sons of Pase '
ah ,
the sons of Besai ,
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the sons of Asnah ,
the sons of Me-u '
nim ,
the sons of Nephi '
sim ,
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the sons of Bakbuk ,
the sons of Haku '
pha ,
the sons of Harhur ,
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the sons of Bazluth ,
the sons of Mehi '
da ,
the sons of Harsha ,
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the sons of Barkos ,
the sons of Sis '
era ,
the sons of Temah ,
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the sons of Nezi '
ah ,
and the sons of Hati '
pha .
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The sons of Solomon '
s servants :
the sons of So '
tai ,
the sons of Hasso '
phereth ,
the sons of Peru '
da ,
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the sons of Ja '
alah ,
the sons of Darkon ,
the sons of Giddel ,
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the sons of Shephati '
ah ,
the sons of Hattil ,
the sons of Po '
chereth-hazzeba '
im ,
and the sons of Ami .
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All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon '
s servants were three hundred and ninety-two .
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The following were those who came up from Tel-me '
lah ,
Tel-har '
sha ,
Cherub ,
Addan ,
and Immer ,
though they could not prove their fathers '
houses or their descent ,
whether they belonged to Israel :
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the sons of Delai '
ah ,
the sons of Tobi '
ah ,
and the sons of Neko '
da ,
six hundred and fifty-two .
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Also ,
of the sons of the priests :
the sons of Habai '
ah ,
the sons of Hakkoz ,
and the sons of Barzil '
lai (
who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzil '
lai the Gileadite ,
and was called by their name ).
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These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies ,
but they were not found there ,
and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean ;
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the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food ,
until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim .
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The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty ,
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besides their menservants and maidservants ,
of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven ;
and they had two hundred male and female singers .
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Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six ,
their mules were two hundred and forty-five ,
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their camels were four hundred and thirty-five ,
and their asses were six thousand seven hundred and twenty .
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Some of the heads of families ,
when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem ,
made freewill offerings for the house of God ,
to erect it on its site ;
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according to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold ,
five thousand minas of silver ,
and one hundred priests '
garments .
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The priests ,
the Levites ,
and some of the people lived in Jerusalem and its vicinity ;
and the singers ,
the gatekeepers ,
and the temple servants lived in their towns ,
and all Israel in their towns .
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When the seventh month came ,
and the sons of Israel were in the towns ,
the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem .