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These are the people[a] of the province who went up from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had exiled. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his city. These were the people who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Ra’amiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Ba’anah.[b]

This was the number of men from the people of Israel:[c]

the male descendants[d] of Parosh:2,172
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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:6 Literally sons
  2. Nehemiah 7:7 A number of the names in this list vary in form from the names in the parallel list in Ezra 2.
  3. Nehemiah 7:7 In this list and the parallel list in Ezra there are many variants of names and numbers. The translation notes only some of the more important variants.
  4. Nehemiah 7:8 Literally sons