59 The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, (A)though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:

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59 The 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(A) from Israel:

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62 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and (A)so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood(A) as unclean.

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Lists of Returned Exiles

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of (A)those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:

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So 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:

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28 Let them be (A)blotted out of the book of the living;
    let them not be (B)enrolled among the righteous.

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28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(A)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(B)

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The Lord records as he (A)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

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The Lord will write in the register(A) of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

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