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And this was the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers,
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the sons of Parosh, 2,172.
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The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.
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The sons of Bigvai, 2,056.
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The sons of Hashum, 223.
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The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.
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The sons of Magbish, 156.
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besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.
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Their horses were 736, their mules were 245,
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and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River.
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The King Orders the Work to Cease
The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now
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At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?”
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They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
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Of the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150 men.
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Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.
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Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him 80 men.
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Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.
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Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.
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also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;
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besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.
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I weighed out into their hand 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents, and 100 talents of gold,
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20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.