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EZRA CH 2B Priests Levites and Temple Servants

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[Instrumental] [Verse] The priests: descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; descendants of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two; descendants of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; descendants of Harim, one thousand and seventeen. The Levites: descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, seventy-four. The singers: descendants of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight. The gatekeepers: descendants of Shallum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of Akkub, descendants of Hatita, descendants of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all. [Chorus] The entire assembly taken together came to forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, not counting their male and female servants, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers. [Instrumental] [Verse] The temple servants: descendants of Ziha, descendants of Hasupha, descendants of Tabbaoth, descendants of Keros, descendants of Siaha, descendants of Padon, descendants of Lebanah, descendants of Hagabah, descendants of Akkub, descendants of Hagab, descendants of Shamlai, descendants of Hanan, descendants of Giddel, descendants of Gahar, descendants of Reaiah, descendants of Rezin, descendants of Nekoda, descendants of Gazzam, descendants of Uzza, descendants of Paseah, descendants of Besai, descendants of Asnah, descendants of the Meunites, descendants of the Nephusites, descendants of Bakbuk, descendants of Hakupha, descendants of Harhur, descendants of Bazluth, descendants of Mehida, descendants of Harsha, descendants of Barkos, descendants of Sisera, descendants of Temah, descendants of Neziah, descendants of Hatipha. [Verse] Descendants of Solomon's servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Hassophereth, descendants of Peruda, descendants of Jaalah, descendants of Darkon, descendants of Giddel, descendants of Shephatiah, descendants of Hattil, descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, descendants of Ami. The total of the temple servants together with the descendants of Solomon's servants was three hundred and ninety-two. [Chorus] The entire assembly taken together came to forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, not counting their male and female servants, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers. [Instrumental] [Verse] The following who returned from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer were unable to prove that their ancestral houses and their descent were Israelite: descendants of Delaiah, descendants of Tobiah, descendants of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two. Also, of the priests: descendants of Habaiah, descendants of Hakkoz, descendants of Barzillai (he had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was named after him). These searched their family records, but their names could not be found there, and they were excluded from the priesthood. The governor ordered them not to partake of the most holy foods until there should be a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim. [Chorus] The entire assembly taken together came to forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, not counting their male and female servants, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers. [Instrumental] [End]