Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Nehemiah 7:5–65

⁵So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:

⁶These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, ⁷in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah):

The list of the men of Israel:

⁸the descendants of Parosh 2,172

⁹of Shephatiah 372

¹⁰of Arah 652

¹¹of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,818

¹²of Elam 1,254

¹³of Zattu 845

¹⁴of Zaccai 760

¹⁵of Binnui 648

¹⁶of Bebai 628

¹⁷of Azgad 2,322

¹⁸of Adonikam 667

¹⁹of Bigvai 2,067

²⁰of Adin 655

²¹of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98

²²of Hashum 328

²³of Bezai 324

²⁴of Hariph 112

²⁵of Gibeon 95

²⁶the men of Bethlehem and Netophah 188

²⁷of Anathoth 128

²⁸of Beth Azmaveth 42

²⁹of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743

³⁰of Ramah and Geba 621

³¹of Micmash 122

³²of Bethel and Ai 123

³³of the other Nebo 52

³⁴of the other Elam 1,254

³⁵of Harim 320

³⁶of Jericho 345

³⁷of Lod, Hadid and Ono 721

³⁸of Senaah 3,930

³⁹The priests:

the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973

⁴⁰of Immer 1,052

⁴¹of Pashhur 1,247

⁴²of Harim 1,017

⁴³The Levites:

the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah) 74

⁴⁴The singers:

the descendants of Asaph 148

⁴⁵The gatekeepers:

the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 138

⁴⁶The temple servants:

the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷Keros, Sia, Padon, ⁴⁸Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai, ⁴⁹Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, ⁵⁰Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, ⁵¹Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, ⁵²Besai, Meunim, Nephusim, ⁵³Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, ⁵⁴Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, ⁵⁵Barkos, Sisera, Temah, ⁵⁶Neziah and Hatipha

⁵⁷The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, ⁵⁸Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, ⁵⁹Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Amon

⁶⁰The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392

⁶¹The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

⁶²the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 642

⁶³And from among the priests:

the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

⁶⁴These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. ⁶⁵The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

 

 

Psalm 121

¹A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? ²My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. ³He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber; ⁴indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand; ⁶the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life; ⁸the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

 

 

Revelation 2:8–11

⁸"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. ⁹I know your afflictions and your poverty--yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.