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Nehemiah 11

Time Passes; Heads of Provinces

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Now  athe leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people  bcast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem,  cthe holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

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And the people blessed all the men who  avolunteered to live in Jerusalem.

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 aNow these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah  beach lived on his own property in their cities--the  1Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the  2 ctemple servants and the  3 ddescendants of Solomon's servants.

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Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

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and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

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All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.

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Now these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

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and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928.

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Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second  1in command of the city.

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From the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

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Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God,

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and their  1kinsmen who performed the work of the  2temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

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and his kinsmen, heads of fathers' households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

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and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of  1Haggedolim.

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Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

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and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the  1leaders of the Levites, who were  2in charge of  athe outside work of the house of God;

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and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of  1Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the  2leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and  3Abda the son of  4Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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All the Levites in  athe holy city were 284.

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Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

Outside Jerusalem

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The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each  aon his own inheritance.

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But  athe temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were  1in charge of the temple servants.

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Now  athe overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the  1service of the house of God.

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 aFor there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders  bday by day.

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Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons  aof Zerah the son of Judah, was the  bking's  1representative in all matters concerning the people.

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Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in  aKiriath-arba and its  1towns, in  bDibon and its  1towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

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and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet,

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and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns,

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and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,

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and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth,

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Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom.

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The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,

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at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

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Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

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Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

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Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

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From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.



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