Nehemiah 7

1 When the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed; 2 and I gave my orders to Hananiah my brother and to Hananiah the ruler of the citadel in Jerusalem, because he was a true man and feared God beyond many. [a] 3 And I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is up; and while the men are still on watch, let the doors be shut and barred. And post guards from among those who live in Jerusalem, each man at his watch, and each man opposite his own house.”

4 Now the city was wide and large, and the people in it were few, and no houses had been built. 5 And God put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles and the leaders and the people into companies. And I found the book of the company of those who came up first, and I found written in it:

6 These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away; and they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his own city, 7 who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Ezra, Bigvai, Nahum, Baanah, Mispar. The men of the people of Israel: [b]

8 the sons of Parosh, 2,172; [c] 9 the sons of Shephatiah, 372; 10 the sons of Arah, 652; 11 the sons of Pahath-moab, belonging to the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818; [d] 12 the sons of Elam, 1,254; 13 the sons of Zattu, 845; 14 the sons of Zaccai, 760; 15 the sons of Binnui, 648; 16 the sons of Bebai, 628;

17 the sons of Azgad, 2,322; 18 the sons of Adonikam, 667; 19 the sons of Bigvai, 2,067; 20 the sons of Adin, 655; 21 the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98; 22 the sons of Hashum, 328; 23 the sons of Bezai, 324; 24 the sons of Hariph, 112. [e]

25 The sons of Gibeon, 95; 26 the sons of Bethlehem, 123; the sons of Netophah, 56; 27 the sons 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; [f] 31 the men of Michmash, 122; 32 the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; 33 the men of the other Nebo, 52; 34 the men of the other Elam, 1,254; [g]

35 the sons of Harim, 320; 36 the sons of Jericho, 345; 37 the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721; [h] 38 the sons of Senaah, 3,930.

39 The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973; [i] 40 the sons of Immer, 1,052; 41 the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; 42 the sons of Harim, 1,017. 43 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, belonging to the sons of Hodaviah, 74. 44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. 45 The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai — 138.

46 The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, 47 the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, 48 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Shalmai, 49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, 50 the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, 51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, 52 the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim, 53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 54 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, 55 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, 56 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

57 The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida, 58 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 59 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth, the sons of Zebaim, the sons of Ami. [j] 60 All the temple servants and the sons of the servants of Solomon: 392.

61 And these are the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer; and they were not able to tell their fathers’ houses, or their descent, whether they were of Israel: [k] 62 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda — 642. [l] 63 And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai — who took wives from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. 64 These men searched for their written record in the register of the company, and it was not found; and they were put out of the priesthood. 65 And the governor said that they were not to eat of the most holy things, until a priest should arise to give light. [m]

66 And the whole assembly together was 42,360, 67 besides their male and female slaves, who were 7,337; and they had 245 singing men and singing women. 68 Their horses were 736, their mules 245, [n] 69 their camels 435, their donkeys 6,720. [o]

70 And some of the heads of the families gave to Nehemiah, into the treasury for the work, a thousand pieces of gold — about eighteen pounds — and fifty bowls, and thirty priests’ tunics. [p] 71 And some of the heads of the families gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand pieces of gold — about three hundred and seventy pounds — and about a ton and a third of silver. [q] 72 And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand pieces of gold, and about a ton and a third of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ tunics. 73 And the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and some of the people and the temple servants and all Israel settled in their cities. And the seventh month arrived — and the children of Israel were in their cities — [r]