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- Chapter 2 -

(Nehemiah 7:4–69)
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These also are the sonnes of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caried away vnto Babel) and returned to Ierusalem, and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie,
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Which came with Zerubbabel, to wit, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Biguai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was,
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The sonnes of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seuentie and two:
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The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth, seuentie and two:
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The sonnes of Arah, seuen hundreth, and seuentie and fiue:
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The sonnes of Pahath Moab, of the sonnes of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and twelue:
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The sonnes of Elam, a thousande, two hundreth and foure and fiftie:
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The sonnes of Zattu, nine hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
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The sonnes of Zaccai, seuen hundreth and threescore:
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The sonnes of Bani, sixe hundreth and two and fourtie:
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The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth, and three and twentie:
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The sonnes of Azgad a thousand, two hundreth and two and twentie:
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The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth, three score and sixe:
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The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand, and sixe and fiftie:
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The sonnes of Adin, foure hundreth and foure and fiftie:
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The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight:
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The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and three and twentie:
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The sonnes of Iorah, an hudreth and twelue:
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The sonnes of Hasshum, two hundreth and three and twentie:
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The sonnes of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue:
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The sonnes of Beth-lehem, an hundreth and three and twentie:
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The men of Netophah, sixe and fiftie:
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The men of Anothoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie:
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The sonnes of Azmaueth, two and fourtie:
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The sonnes of Kiriath-arim, of Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundreth and three and fourtie:
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The sonnes of Haramah and Gaba, six hundreth, and one and twentie:
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The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie:
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The sonnes of Beth-el and Ai, two hundreth, and three and twentie:
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The sonnes of Nebo, two and fiftie:
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The sonnes of Magbish, an hundreth and sixe and fiftie:
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The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, and two hundreth, and foure and fiftie:
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The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie:
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The sonnes of Lod-hadid, and Ono, seuen hundreth, and fiue and twentie:
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The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
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The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, sixe hundreth and thirtie.
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The Priests: of the sonnes of Iedaiah of the house of Ieshua, nine hundreth seuentie and three:
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The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie:
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The sonnes of Pashur, a thousand, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie:
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The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene.
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The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua, and Kadmiel of the sonnes of Hodauiah, seuentie and foure.
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The Singers: the sonnes of Asaph, an hundreth and eight and twentie.
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The sonnes of the porters: the sonnes of Shallum, the sonnes of Ater, the sonnes of Talmon, the sonnes of Akkub, the sonnes of Hatita, the sonnes of Shobai: all were an hundreth and nine and thirtie.
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The Nethinims: the sonnes of Ziha, the sonnes of Hasupha, the sonnes of Tabbaoth,
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The sonnes of Keros, the sonnes of Siaha, the sonnes of Padon,
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The sonnes of Lebanah, the sonnes of Hagabah, the sonnes of Akkub,
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The sonnes of Hagab, the sonnes of Shamlai, the sonnes of Hanan,
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The sonnes of Giddel, the sonnes of Gahar, the sonnes of Reaiah,
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The sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekoda, the sonnes of Gazzam,
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The sonnes of Vzza, the sonnes of Paseah, the sonnes of Besai,
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The sonnes of Asnah, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephusim,
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The sonnes of Bakbuk, the sonnes of Hakupa, the sonnes of Harhur,
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The sonnes of Bazluth, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha,
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The sonnes of Barcos, the sonnes of Sisara, the sonnes of Thamah,
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The sonnes of Neziah, the sonnes of Hatipha,
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The sonnes of Salomons seruantes: the sonnes of Sotai, the sonnes of Sophereth, the sonnes of Peruda,
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The sonnes of Iaalah, the sonnes of Darkon, the sonnes of Giddel,
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The sonnes of Shephatiah, the sonnes of Hattil, the sonnes of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the sonnes of Ami.
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All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants were three hundreth ninetie and two.
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And these went vp from Telmelah, and from Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not discerne their fathers house and their seede, whether they were of Israel.
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The sonnes of Delaiah, the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fiftie.
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And of the sonnes of the Priestes, the sonnes of Habaiah, the sonnes of Coz, the sonnes of Barzillai: which tooke of the daughters of Barzillai the Giliadite to wife, and was called after their name.
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These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not founde: therefore were they put from the Priesthood.
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And Tirshatha saide vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy thing, tell there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim.
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The whole Congregation together was two and fourtie thousande, three hundreth and threescore,
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Beside their seruants and their maydes: of whome were seuen thousande, three hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and among them were two hundreth singing men and singing women.
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Their horses were seuen hundreth, and sixe and thirtie: their mules, two hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
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Their camels foure hundreth, and fiue and thirtie: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie.

Offerings by the Exiles

(Exodus 38:21–31; Nehemiah 7:70–73)
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And certeine of the chiefe fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalem, they offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundation.
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They gaue after their abilitie vnto the treasure of the worke, euen one and threescore thousand drammes of golde, and fiue thousand pieces of siluer, and an hundreth Priests garments.
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So the Priests and the Leuites, and a certeine of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
(Nehemiah 7:4–69)
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Now these 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 to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
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who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
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The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
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The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
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The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
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The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
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The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
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The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
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The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
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The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
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The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
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The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
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The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
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The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
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The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
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The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
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The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
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The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
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The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
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The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
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The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
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The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
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The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
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The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
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The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
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The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
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The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
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The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
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The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
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The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
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The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
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The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
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The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
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The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
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The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
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The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
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The children of the 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, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
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The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
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the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
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the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
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the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
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the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
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the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
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the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
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the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
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the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
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the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
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the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
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the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
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The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
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the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
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All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
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These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses and their offspring,(a) whether they were of Israel:
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the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
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Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
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These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.
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The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
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in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
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Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.

Offerings by the Exiles

(Exodus 38:21–31; Nehemiah 7:70–73)
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Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.
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They gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold,(b) five thousand minas (c) of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
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So the priests and the Levites, with some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Footnotes

(a)2:59 or, seed
(b)2:69 a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
(c)2:69 A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.
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