The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai, 138.
NIV
The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.
AMP
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
KJV
"But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces."
NIV
Behold, we are slaves this day, and as for the land that You gave to our fathers to eat the fruit and the good of it, behold, we are slaves in it.
AMP
Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
KJV
Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
NIV
Some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
AMP
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
KJV
These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
NIV
These sought their registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.
AMP
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
KJV
