Nehemiah 7
1 When the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
2 Then I put Hanani, my brother, and Hananiah, commander of the citadel, in charge of Jerusalem, because he was a trustworthy man and feared God more than many.
3 I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, shut the doors and bar them. Post guards from among the residents of Jerusalem, each at his assigned post and each in front of his own house.”
4 The city was spacious and large, but the people in it were few, and no houses had been built.
5 Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the officials, and the people to register them by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who had come up first, and in it I found written:
6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.
7 They came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of the people of Israel:
8 The descendants of Parosh: 2,172.
9 The descendants of Shephatiah: 372.
10 The descendants of Arah: 652.
11 The descendants of Pahath-moab, through the descendants of Jeshua and Joab: 2,818.
12 The descendants of Elam: 1,254.
13 The descendants of Zattu: 845.
14 The descendants of Zaccai: 760.
15 The descendants of Binnui: 648.
16 The descendants of Bebai: 628.
17 The descendants of Azgad: 2,322.
18 The descendants of Adonikam: 667.
19 The descendants of Bigvai: 2,067.
20 The descendants of Adin: 655.
21 The descendants of Ater, through Hezekiah: 98.
22 The descendants of Hashum: 328.
23 The descendants of Bezai: 324.
24 The descendants of Hariph: 112.
25 The descendants of Gibeon: 95.
26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: 188.
27 The men of Anathoth: 128.
28 The men of Beth-azmaveth: 42.
29 The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: 743.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba: 621.
31 The men of Michmas: 122.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai: 123.
33 The men of the other Nebo: 52.
34 The descendants of the other Elam: 1,254.
35 The descendants of Harim: 320.
36 The descendants of Jericho: 345.
37 The descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 721.
38 The descendants of Senaah: 3,930.
39 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, from the house of Jeshua: 973.
40 The descendants of Immer: 1,052.
41 The descendants of Pashhur: 1,247.
42 The descendants of Harim: 1,017.
43 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, through the descendants of Hodaviah: 74.
44 The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 148.
45 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 138.
46 The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth.
47 The descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon.
48 The descendants of Lebana, the descendants of Hagaba, the descendants of Salmai.
49 The descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar.
50 The descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda.
51 The descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah.
52 The descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim.
53 The descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur.
54 The descendants of Bazlith, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha.
55 The descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah.
56 The descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha.
57 The descendants of Solomon’s servants: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida.
58 The descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel.
59 The descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the descendants of Amon.
60 All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants: 392.
61 These were the people who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. They could not identify their ancestral houses or their descendants, or show whether they were Israelites:
62 The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, the descendants of Nekoda: 642.
63 And among the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai—who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
64 These people searched for their genealogical records, but none could be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
65 The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest should arise with the Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole assembly together numbered 42,360,
67 besides their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.
68 They had 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
69 Some of the heads of families gave toward the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly robes.
70 Some of the heads of families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 minas of silver.
71 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly robes.
72 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their cities. When the seventh month came, the Israelites were in their cities.
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