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hii sunt ergo principes familiarum et genealogia eorum quiascenderunt mecum in regno Artarxersis regis de Babylone

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de filiis Finees Gersom de filiis Ithamar Danihel de filiisDavid Attus

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de filiis Secheniae et de filiis Pharos Zaccharias et cum eonumerati sunt viri centum quinquaginta

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de filiis Phaethmoab Helioenai filius Zareae et cum eoducenti viri

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de filiis Secheniae filius Hiezihel et cum eo trecenti viri

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de filiis Adden Abeth filius Ionathan et cum eo quinquagintaviri

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de filiis Helam Isaias filius Athaliae et cum eo septuagintaviri

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de filiis Saphatiae Zebedia filius Michahel et cum eooctoginta viri

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de filiis Ioab Obedia filius Iehihel et cum eo ducenti decemet octo viri

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de filiis Selomith filius Iosphiae et cum eo centumsexaginta viri

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de filiis Bebai Zaccharias filius Bebai et cum eo vigintiocto viri

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de filiis Ezgad Iohanan filius Eccetan et cum eo centumdecem viri

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de filiis Adonicam qui erant novissimi et haec nomina eorumHelifeleth et Heihel et Samaias et cum eis sexaginta viri

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de filiis Beggui Uthai et Zacchur et cum eo septuagintaviri

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congregavi autem eos ad fluvium qui decurrit ad Ahavva etmansimus ibi diebus tribus quaesivique in populo et insacerdotibus de filiis Levi et non inveni ibi

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itaque misi Heliezer et Arihel et Semeam et Helnathan etIarib et alterum Helnathan et Nathan et Zacchariam et Mesolamprincipes et Ioarib et Helnathan sapientes

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et misi eos ad Heddo qui est primus in Casphiae loco etposui in ore eorum verba quae loquerentur ad Addom et adfratres eius Nathinneos in loco Casphiae ut adducerent nobisministros domus Dei nostri

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et adduxerunt nobis per manum Dei nostri bonam super nosvirum doctissimum de filiis Moolli filii Levi filii Israhel etSarabiam et filios eius et fratres eius decem et octo

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et Asabiam et cum eo Isaiam de filiis Merari fratres eiuset filios eius viginti

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et de Nathinneis quos dederat David et principes administeria Levitarum Nathinneos ducentos viginti omnes hii suisnominibus vocabantur

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et praedicavi ibi ieiunium iuxta fluvium Ahavva utadfligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro et peteremus ab eo viamrectam nobis et filiis nostris universaeque substantiae nostrae

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erubui enim petere regem auxilium et equites quidefenderent nos ab inimico in via quia dixeramus regi manus Deinostri est super omnes qui quaerunt eum in bonitate et imperiumeius et fortitudo eius et furor super omnes qui derelinquunteum

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ieiunavimus autem et rogavimus Deum nostrum pro hoc etevenit nobis prospere

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et separavi de principibus sacerdotum duodecim SarabianAsabian et cum eis de fratribus eorum decem

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adpendique eis argentum et aurum et vasa consecrata domusDei nostri quae obtulerat rex et consiliatores eius etprincipes eius universusque Israhel eorum qui inventi fuerant

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et adpendi in manibus eorum argenti talenta sescentaquinquaginta et vasa argentea centum auri centum talenta

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et crateras aureos viginti qui habebant solidos millenos etvasa aeris fulgentis optimi duo pulchra ut aurum

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et dixi eis vos sancti Domini et vasa sancta et argentum etaurum quod sponte oblatum est Domino Deo patrum vestrorum

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vigilate et custodite donec adpendatis coram principibussacerdotum et Levitarum et ducibus familiarum Israhel inHierusalem et thesaurum domus Domini

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susceperunt autem sacerdotes et Levitae pondus argenti etauri et vasorum ut deferrent in Hierusalem in domum Dei nostri

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promovimus ergo a flumine Ahavva duodecimo die mensis primiut pergeremus Hierusalem et manus Dei nostri fuit super nos etliberavit nos de manu inimici et insidiatoris in via

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et venimus Hierusalem et mansimus ibi diebus tribus

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die autem quarta adpensum est argentum et aurum et vasa indomo Dei nostri per manum Meremoth filii Uriae sacerdotis etcum eo Eleazar filius Finees cumque eis Iozaded filius Iosue etNoadaia filius Bennoi Levitae

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iuxta numerum et pondus omnium descriptumque est omnepondus in tempore illo

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sed et qui venerant de captivitate filii transmigrationisobtulerunt holocaustomata Deo Israhel vitulos duodecim pro omniIsrahel arietes nonaginta sex agnos septuaginta septem hircospro peccato duodecim omnia in holocaustum Domino

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dederunt autem edicta regis satrapis qui erant de conspecturegis et ducibus trans Flumen et elevaverunt populum et domumDei

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These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

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Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

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Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

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Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

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And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

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And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

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Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

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And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

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And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

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And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

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Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

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And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

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And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

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Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

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Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

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Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

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And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

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Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

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So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

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And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

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Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

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By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

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Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.

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