Nehemiah 7
1 Once the wall had been rebuilt and I had put up the doors, I appointed the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites.
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, together with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was an honest man who respected God more than many others.
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many.
3 I told them, “Don't allow the gates of Jerusalem to be opened until the sun is hot, and make sure the guards shut and bolt the doors while they're still on duty. Appoint some of the residents of Jerusalem as guards, to be at their posts, standing in front of their own houses.”
And I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun shall be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.
4 In those times the city was large with plenty of space, but there weren't many people in it, and the houses hadn't been rebuilt.
Now the city [was] large and great: but the people in it [were] few, and the houses [were] not built.
5 My God encouraged me to have everyone—the nobles, the officials, and the people—all come to be registered according to their family genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had returned first. This what I discovered written there.
And my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them who came up at the first, and found written in it,
6 This is a list of the people of the province who returned from the captivity. These were the exiles who had been taken away to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to their home towns.
These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;
7 They were led by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the number of men of the people of Israel:
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];
8 The sons of Parosh, 2,172;
The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy two.
9 the sons of Shephatiah, 372;
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two.
10 the sons of Arah, 652;
The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty two.
11 the sons of Pahath-moab, (the sons of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred [and] eighteen.
12 the sons of Elam, 1,254;
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.
13 The sons of Zattu, 845;
The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty five.
14 the sons of Zaccai, 760;
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
15 the sons of Binnui, 648;
The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty eight.
16 the sons of Bebai, 628;
The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty eight.
17 the sons of Azgad, 2,322;
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty two.
18 the sons of Adonikam, 667;
The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty seven.
19 the sons of Bigvai, 2,067.
The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty seven.
20 The sons of Adin, 655.
The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty five.
21 The sons of Ater, (sons of Hezekiah), 98;
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety eight.
22 the sons of Hashum, 328;
The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty eight.
23 the sons of Bezai, 324;
The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty four.
24 the sons of Hariph, 112;
The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
25 the sons of Gibeon, 95;
The children of Gibeon, ninety five.
26 the people from Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty eight.
27 the people from Anathoth, 128;
The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight.
28 the people from Beth-azmaveth 42;
The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty two.
29 the people from Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty three.
30 the people from Ramah and Geba, 621;
The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty one.
31 the people from Michmas, 122;
The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty two.
32 the people from Bethel and Ai, 123;
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty three.
33 the people from the other Nebo, 52;
The men of the other Nebo, fifty two.
34 the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty four.
35 the sons of Harim, 320;
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
36 the sons of Jericho, 345;
The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty five.
37 the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721;
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty one.
38 the sons of Senaah, 3,930.
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 This is the number of the priests: the sons of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua), 973;
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy three.
40 the sons of Immer, 1,052;
The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty two.
41 the sons of Pashhur, 1,247;
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and forty seven.
42 the sons of Harim, 1,017.
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
43 This is the number of the Levites: the sons of Jeshua through Kadmiel (sons of Hodaviah), 74;
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, [and] of the children of Hodevah, seventy four.
44 the singers of the sons of Asaph, 148;
The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty eight.
45 the gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 138.
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, a hundred and thirty eight.
46 The descendants of these Temple servants: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
47 Keros, Sia, Padon,
The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 Lebanah, Hagabah, Shalmai,
The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
49 Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,
The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,
The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
52 Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
53 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
56 Neziah, and Hatipha.
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
57 The descendants of King Solomon's servants: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Amon.
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
60 The total of the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants was 392.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred and ninety two.
61 Those who came from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer could not prove their family genealogy, or even that they were descendants of Israel.
And these [were] they who went up [also] from Tel-mela, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their fathers house, nor their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.
62 They included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642 in total.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty two.
63 In addition there three priestly families, sons of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (Barzillai had married a woman descended from Barzillai of Gilead, and he was called by that name.)
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took [one] of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite for a wife, and was called after their name.
64 They searched for a record of them in the genealogies, but their names weren't found, so they were barred from serving as priests.
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.
65 The governor instructed them not to eat anything from the sanctuary sacrifices until a priest could ask the Lord about the issue by using the Urim and Thummim.
And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.
66 The total of number of people returning was 42,360.
The whole congregation together [was] forty two thousand three hundred and sixty.
67 In addition there were 7,337 servants and 245 male and female singers.
Besides their man-servants and their maid-servants, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and they had two hundred and forty five singing-men and singing-women.
68 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
Their horses, seven hundred and thirty six: their mules, two hundred and forty five:
69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
[Their] camels, four hundred and thirty five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
70 Some of the family leaders made voluntary contributions toward the work. The governor presented to the treasury 1,000 gold darics, 50 bowls and 530 sets of clothes for the priests.
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
71 Some of the family leaders donated to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
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 pounds of silver.
72 The rest of the people donated 20,000 gold darics, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 sets of clothes for the priests.
And [that] which the rest of the people gave [was] twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty seven priests' garments.
73 The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and Temple servants, as well as some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, went back to live in their specific towns. By the seventh month the Israelites were living in their towns,
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.
