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Ezra 2:61-3:1

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61And from among the priests: 62These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

63The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. 64The whole company numbered 42,360, 65besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

67435 camels and 6,720 donkeys. 68When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.

69According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics That is, about 1,100 pounds or about 500 kilograms of gold, 5,000 minas That is, about 3 tons or about 2.8 metric tons of silver and 100 priestly garments. 70The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

Rebuilding the Altar 1When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem.