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And I found a register of the genealogy of them who came up at the first, and found written in it,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city; <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty five. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty seven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty five. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty four. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The children of Gibeon, ninety five. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty three. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty one. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty three. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The men of the other Nebo, fifty two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty five. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty one. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.</p> <p class="hdg">The Priests</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy three. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty two. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and forty seven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.</p> <p class="hdg">The Levites</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy four. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty eight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty eight.</p> <p class="hdg">The Temple Servants</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.</p> <p class="hdg">Descendants of Solomon's Servants</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety two.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>And these were they who went up also from Tel-mela, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their fathers house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty two.</p> <p class="hdg">Priests who Could Not Find Their Pedigree</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite for a wife, and was called after their name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with Urim and Thummim.</p> <a name="66" id="66"></a><p class="hdg">Accounting of People and Offerings<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../ezra/2.htm#68">Ezra 2:68-70</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>The whole congregation together was forty two thousand three hundred and sixty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm"><b>67</b></a></span>Besides their man-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and they had two hundred and forty five singing-men and singing-women. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-68.htm"><b>68</b></a></span>Their horses, seven hundred and thirty six: their mules, two hundred and forty five: <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-69.htm"><b>69</b></a></span>Their camels, four hundred and thirty five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-70.htm"><b>70</b></a></span>And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-71.htm"><b>71</b></a></span>And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work, twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-72.htm"><b>72</b></a></span>And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty seven priests' garments.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm"><b>73</b></a></span>So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nehemiah/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nehemiah/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/nehemiah/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>