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And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

(And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)

Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;

of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.

Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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

And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

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

And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.

And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.

And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.

And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.