Nehemiah 7:57-70 Modern English Version (MEV)

57. The sons of Solomon’s servants:the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,

58. the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

59. the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil,the sons of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.

60. All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

61. These were they who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not show their fathers’ houses nor their lineage—whether they were of Israel:

62. The sons ofDelaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

63. Of the priests:the sons ofHobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.

64. These sought for their fathers’ registration in the genealogical registry, but it was not found. Therefore, they were considered as unclean and removed from the priesthood.

65. The magistrate said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there was an appointed priest with Urim and Thummim.

66. The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

67. besides their male and female servants, which numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five male and female singers.

68. Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;

69. their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

70. Some of the chiefs of the fathers’ households gave to the work. The magistrate gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.

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