Quotes About Community

The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

the descendants of Arah, 775;

the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

the descendants of Zattu, 945;

the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

the descendants of Bani, 642;

the descendants of Bebai, 623;

the descendants of Azgad, 1,222;

the descendants of Adonikam, 666;

the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;

the descendants of Adin, 454;

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

the descendants of Bezai, 323;

the descendants of Jorah, 112;

the descendants of Hashum, 223;

the descendants of Gibbar, 95;

the men of Bethlehem, 123;