Nehemiah 7
The Exiles Return
1When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.23Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.45I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”67The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.89Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:10
11These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town.1213They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included14
15Parosh’s descendants2,172
1617Shephatiah’s descendants372
1819Arah’s descendants652
2021Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants2,818
2223Elam’s descendants1,254
2425Zattu’s descendants845
2627Zaccai’s descendants760
2829Binnui’s descendants648
3031Bebai’s descendants628
3233Azgad’s descendants2,322
3435Adonikam’s descendants667
3637Bigvai’s descendants2,067
3839Adin’s descendants655
4041Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98
4243Hashum’s descendants328
4445Bezai’s descendants324
4647Hariph’s descendants112
4849Gibeon’s descendants95
5051Bethlehem’s and Netophah’s men188
5253Anathoth’s men128
5455Beth-azmaveth’s men42
5657Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men743
5859Ramah’s and Geba’s men621
6061Michmas’s men122
6263Bethel’s and Ai’s men123
6465the other Nebo’s men52
6667the other Elam’s people1,254
6869Harim’s people320
7071Jericho’s people345
7273Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people721
7475Senaah’s people3,930.
7677The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua973
7879Immer’s descendants1,052
8081Pashhur’s descendants1,247
8283Harim’s descendants1,017.
8485The Levites included Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel Hodevah’s descendants74.
8687The singers included Asaph’s descendants148.
8889The gatekeepers included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants138.
9091The temple servants included Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,9293Keros’s descendants, Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,94
95Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants, Shalmai’s descendants,9697Hanan’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,98
99Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants,100101Gazzam’s descendants, Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,102
103Besai’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants, Nephishesim’s descendants,104105Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,106
107Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,108109Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,110
111Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.112
113The descendants of Solomon’s servants included Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants, Perida’s descendants,114115Jaala’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,116
117Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, Amon’s descendants.118
119All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants392.
120121The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their ancestral families and their lineage were Israelite:122
123Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, and Nekoda’s descendants642
124125and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name.126127These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.128129The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.130
131The whole combined assembly numbered42,360
132133not including their 7,337 male and female servants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
134135They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
136137435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
138139Some of the family heads contributed to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.140141Some of the family heads gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.142143The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.144145The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,