Nehemiah 7

1When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

2I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than most.

3I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the guards are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post and each opposite his own house.”

4The city was wide and large, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been rebuilt.

5Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who had come up first, and I found written in it:

6These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

8the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

9the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

10the descendants of Arah, 652;

11the descendants of Pahath-moab, through the line of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818;

12the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

13the descendants of Zattu, 845;

14the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

15the descendants of Binnui, 648;

16the descendants of Bebai, 628;

17the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

18the descendants of Adonikam, 667;

19the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

20the descendants of Adin, 655;

21the descendants of Ater, through Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

22the descendants of Hashum, 328;

23the descendants of Bezai, 324;

24the descendants of Hariph, 112;

25the people of Gibeon, ninety-five;

26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

27the men of Anathoth, 128;

28the men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two;

29the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

30the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

31the men of Michmas, 122;

32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

33the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;

34the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

35the descendants of Harim, 320;

36the people of Jericho, 345;

37the people of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

38the people of Senaah, 3,930.

39The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973;

40the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

41the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

42the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

43The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua, through Kadmiel, of the line of Hodevah, seventy-four.

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, Nephishesim,

53Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

54Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha,

55Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

56Neziah, and Hatipha.

57The descendants of Solomon’s servants: the descendants of Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,

58Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

59Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Amon.

60All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.

61The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their ancestral houses and their descent were from Israel:

62the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642.

63And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

64These men searched for their records among those registered by genealogy, but they could not be found, so they were barred from the priesthood as unclean.

65The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

66The whole assembly together numbered 42,360,

67besides their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337; and they had two hundred male and female singers.

68Their horses numbered 736, their mules 245,

69their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.

70Some of the heads of the ancestral houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand gold darics, fifty basins, and 530 priestly garments.

71Some of the heads of the ancestral houses gave to the treasury for the work twenty thousand gold darics and 2,200 silver minas.

72What the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold darics, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month came, the people of Israel were in their towns.