- When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place , the gatekeepers , singers , and Levites were appointed.
Then I put my brother - Hanani in charge - of Jerusalem , along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress , because he was a faithful man who feared - God more than most.
And I told “ Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty , keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards , some at their posts and some at their own homes. ”
Now the city was large and spacious ... , but there were few people in it , and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
Then my God put it into my heart to assemble - the nobles , - the officials , - and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned ... , and I found the following written
These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles - carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (its) king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah , each to his own town ,
accompanied by Zerubbabel , Jeshua , Nehemiah - , Azariah , Raamiah , Nahamani , Mordecai , Bilshan , Mispereth , Bigvai , Nehum , and Baanah. (This is) the count of the men ... of Israel :
the descendants of Parosh , 2172 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Shephatiah , 372 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Arah , 652 ... ... ... ;
the descendants vvv of Pahath-moab ( through the line of Jeshua and Joab ), 2818 ... ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Elam , 1254 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Zattu , 845 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Zaccai , 760 ... ... ;
the descendants of Binnui , 648 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Bebai , 628 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Azgad , 2322 ... ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Adonikam , 667 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Bigvai , 2067 ... ... ;
the descendants of Adin , 655 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Ater ( through Hezekiah ), 98 ... ;
the descendants of Hashum , 328 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Bezai , 324 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Hariph , 112 ... ... ;
the descendants of Gibeon , 95 ... ;
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah , 188 ... ... ;
the men of Anathoth , 128 ... ... ;
the men of Beth-azmaveth , 42 ... ;
the men vvv of Kiriath-jearim , Chephirah , and Beeroth , 743 ... ... ... ;
the men of Ramah and Geba , 621 ... ... ... ;
the men of Michmash , 122 ... ... ;
the men of Bethel and Ai , 123 ... ... ;
the men of the other Nebo , 52 ... ;
the descendants of the other Elam , 1254 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Harim , 320 ... ... ;
the men of Jericho , 345 ... ... ... ;
the men of Lod , Hadid , and Ono , 721 ... ... ... ;
and the descendants of Senaah , 3930 ... ... ... ....
The priests : the descendants of Jedaiah ( through the house of Jeshua ) , 973 ... ... ... ;
the descendants of Immer , 1052 ... ... ;
the descendants of Pashhur , 1247 ... ... ... ;
and the descendants of Harim , 1017 ... ....
The Levites : the descendants of Jeshua ( through Kadmiel , through the line of Hodevah ), 74 ....
The singers : the descendants of Asaph , 148 ... ....
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 (in all) ... ....
The temple servants : the descendants of Ziha , the descendants of Hasupha , the descendants of Tabbaoth ,
the descendants of Keros , the descendants of Sia , the descendants of Padon ,
the descendants of Lebanah , the descendants of Hagabah , the descendants of Shalmai ,
the descendants of Hanan , the descendants of Giddel , the descendants of Gahar ,
the descendants of Reaiah , the descendants of Rezin , the descendants of Nekoda ,
the descendants of Gazzam , the descendants of Uzza , the descendants of Paseah ,
the descendants of Besai , the descendants of Meunim , the descendants of Nephushesim ,
the descendants of Bakbuk , the descendants of Hakupha , the descendants of Harhur ,
the descendants of Bazlith , the descendants of Mehida , the descendants of Harsha ,
the descendants of Barkos , the descendants of Sisera , the descendants of Temah ,
the descendants of Neziah , and the descendants of Hatipha.
The descendants of the servants of Solomon : the descendants of Sotai , the descendants of Sophereth , the descendants of Perida ,
the descendants of Jaala , the descendants of Darkon , the descendants of Giddel ,
the descendants of Shephatiah , the descendants of Hattil , the descendants vvv of Pochereth-hazzebaim , and the descendants of Amon.
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon (numbered) 392 ... ... ... in all.
The following came up vvv from Tel-melah , vvv Tel-harsha , Cherub , Addon , and Immer , but could not ... prove that their families ... were descended ... from Israel : ...
the descendants of Delaiah , the descendants of Tobiah , and the descendants of Nekoda , 642 (in all). ... ... ...
And from among the priests : the descendants of Hobaiah , the descendants of Hakkoz , and the descendants of Barzillai ( who had married ... a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name ).
These (men) searched for their family records ... , but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood {as unclean}.
The governor - ordered not to eat the most holy things ... until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
The whole assembly (numbered) 42,360 {} ... ... ... ... ... ,
in addition to 7337 ... ... ... ... ... menservants and maidservants , ... as well as their 245 ... ... male and female singers ....
435 ... ... ... camels , and 6,720 ... ... ... ... donkeys.
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 {} darics of gold , 50 bowls , and 530 ... ... priestly garments.
And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 {} ... darics of gold and 2,200 ... minas of silver.
- The rest of the people gave (a total of) 20,000 {} ... darics of gold , 2,000 {} minas of silver , and 67 ... priestly garments.
So the priests , Levites , gatekeepers , singers , and temple servants , along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites , settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month - the Israelites ... had settled in their towns.