Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. ¹ 

Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, ¹  made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising ²  the numbering.

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from ¹  Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said,

Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, “Must your brothers go to war while you ¹  remain here?

So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken. ¹ 

So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. ¹  Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

I will make Ahab’s dynasty ¹  like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.

he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight. ¹ 

His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelites ¹  was as follows: ² 

They ¹  searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. ²  They were therefore excluded ³  from the priesthood.

These are the leaders ¹  and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelite men ¹  was as follows:

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded ¹  from the priesthood.

He sent his anger in full force; ¹  he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction. ²