Nehemiah 7 ~ 8

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7:5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the rulers and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who had first come up, and I found this written in it: Compare
7:6These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his city; Compare
7:7Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: Compare
7:8The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. Compare
7:9The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two. Compare
7:10The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two. Compare
7:11The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred eighteen. Compare
7:12The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. Compare
7:13The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five. Compare
7:14The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty. Compare
7:15The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight. Compare
7:16The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight. Compare
7:17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two. Compare
7:18The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven. Compare
7:19The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven. Compare
7:20The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five. Compare
7:21The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. Compare
7:22The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty-eight. Compare
7:23The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four. Compare
7:24The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve. Compare
7:25The children of Gibeon, ninety-five. Compare
7:26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight. Compare
7:27The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight. Compare
7:28The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two. Compare
7:29The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three. Compare
7:30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one. Compare
7:31The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two. Compare
7:32The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three. Compare
7:33The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. Compare
7:34The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. Compare
7:35The children of Harim, three hundred twenty. Compare
7:36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five. Compare
7:37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one. Compare
7:38The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty. Compare
7:39The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three. Compare
7:40The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two. Compare
7:41The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven. Compare
7:42The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen. Compare
7:43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four. Compare
7:44The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight. Compare
7:45The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight. Compare
7:46The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Compare
7:47The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, Compare
7:48The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai, Compare
7:49The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, Compare
7:50The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, Compare
7:51The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, Compare
7:52The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim, Compare
7:53The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, Compare
7:54The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, Compare
7:55The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, Compare
7:56The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. Compare
7:57The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, Compare
7:58The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, Compare
7:59The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon. Compare
7:60All the temple servants and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred ninety-two. Compare
7:61And these were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not give evidence of their fathers' houses nor their descendants, whether they were of Israel: Compare
7:62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two. Compare
7:63And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife from among the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their name. Compare
7:64These sought their registry among those who were enrolled by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were considered defiled and were excluded from the priesthood. Compare
7:65And the governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim. Compare
7:66The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty, Compare
7:67Besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred forty-five male singers and female singers. Compare
7:68Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five; Compare
7:69Their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty. Compare
7:70And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments. Compare
7:71And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver. Compare
7:72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand minas of silver and sixty-seven priests' garments. Compare
7:73So the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and some of the people and the temple servants and all Israel dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. Compare
8:1And all the people gathered as one man in the open area that was before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel. Compare
8:2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. Compare
8:3And he read in it before the open area that was before the Water Gate from first light until midday in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law. Compare
8:4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a wooden platform that had been made for that purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah at his right hand; and at his left hand, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. Compare
8:5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people); and when he opened it, all the people stood up. Compare
8:6And Ezra blessed Jehovah the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. Compare
8:7Also Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites helped the people understand the law; and the people stood in their place. Compare
8:8And they read in the book, in the law of God, interpreting and giving the sense, so that they understood the reading. Compare
8:9And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who helped the people understand said to all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. Compare
8:10Then he said to them, Go your way; eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions to him for whom nothing has been prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength. Compare
8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not be grieved. Compare
8:12And all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. Compare
8:13And on the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe, that is, in order to gain insight into the words of the law. Compare
8:14And they found it written in the law that Jehovah had commanded through Moses that the children of Israel dwell in booths during the feast in the seventh month, Compare
8:15And that they publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and bring olive branches and wild olive branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written. Compare
8:16So the people went out and brought them, and all made booths for themselves on their roofs and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God and in the open area before the Water Gate and in the open area before the Gate of Ephraim. Compare
8:17And all the assembly of those who returned from the captivity made booths and dwelt in the booths, for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so; and there was very great rejoicing. Compare
8:18And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they held the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance. Compare

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