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Nehemiah 7:6-69

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6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

7in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah): The list of the men of Israel:

39The priests:

43The Levites:

44The musicians:

45The gatekeepers:

46The temple servants:

57The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

61The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

63And from among the priests: 64These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

65The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. 66The whole company numbered 42,360, 67besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers. 68There were 736 horses, 245 mules, Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse.

69435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.