The List of the Exiles Who Returned
1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,
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in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel:
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the descendants of Parosh
1, 2,172
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of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812
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of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98
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the men of Bethlehem
3, 123
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of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth, 743
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of Ramah
4 and Geba, 621
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of Bethel and Ai
5, 223
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of the other Elam, 1,254
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of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725
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The gatekeepers of the temple:
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Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
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Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
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Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
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Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
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Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
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Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
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Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
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Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
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The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
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Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
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The temple servants
10 and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392
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The 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:
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The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652
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And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
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These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.