Nehemiah 7

7Now when the wall had been built and I had erected the doors and appointed the gatekeepers, singers, and the Levites, ²I gave command over Jerusalem to my brother Hanani and Hananiah the commander of the citadel. For he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. ³I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While they are standing guard let them shut and fasten the doors. And appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his post and another opposite his house.” ⁴The city was widespread and large, but the people in it were few and no houses were rebuilt.

Lists of the Exiles Who Returned

⁵Then my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, the prefects, and the people to be enrolled. I found the book of the genealogy of those who first came back, and I found this written upon it:

⁶These are the people of the province who came up from captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his city. ⁷These came with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: ⁸the descendants^a of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. ⁹The descendants^b of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two. ¹⁰The descendants^c of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two. ¹¹The descendants^d of Pahath-Moab, of the descendants^e of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen. ¹²The descendants^f of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ¹³The descendants^g of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five. ¹⁴The descendants^h of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁵The descendantsⁱ of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight. ¹⁶The descendants^j of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight. ¹⁷The descendants^k of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two. ¹⁸The descendants^l of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven. ¹⁹The descendants^m of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven. ²⁰The descendantsⁿ of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five. ²¹The descendants^o of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. ²²The descendants^p of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight. ²³The descendants^q of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four. ²⁴The descendants^r of Hariph, one hundred and twelve. ²⁵The descendants^s of Gibeon, ninety-five. ²⁶The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight. ²⁷The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight. ²⁸The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two. ²⁹The men of Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three. ³⁰The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one. ³¹The men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two. ³²The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three. ³³The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. ³⁴The people^t of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ³⁵The people^u of Harim, three hundred and twenty. ³⁶The people^v of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five. ³⁷The people^w of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one. ³⁸The people^x of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

³⁹The priests: The descendants^y of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁰The descendants^z of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two. ⁴¹The descendants^a of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven. ⁴²The descendants^b of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.

⁴³The Levites: the descendants^c of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the descendants^d of Hodaviah, seventy-four. ⁴⁴The singers: the descendants^e of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight. ⁴⁵The gatekeepers: the descendants^f of Shallum, the descendants^g of Ater, the descendants^h of Talmon, the descendantsⁱ of Akkub, the descendants^j of Hatita, the descendants^k of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.

⁴⁶The temple servants: the descendants^l of Ziha, the descendants^m of Hasupha, the descendantsⁿ of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷the descendants^o of Keros, the descendants^p of Siaha, the descendants^q of Padon, ⁴⁸the descendants^r of Lebanah, the descendants^s of Hagaba, the descendants^t of Shalmai, ⁴⁹the descendants^u of Hanan, the descendants^v of Giddel, the descendants^w of Gahar, ⁵⁰the descendants^x of Reaiah, the descendants^y of Rezin, the descendants^z of Nekoda, ⁵¹the descendants^a of Gazzam, the descendants^b of Uzza, the descendants^c of Paseah, ⁵²the descendants^d of Besai, the descendants^e of Meunim, the descendants^f of Nephushesim, ⁵³the descendants^g of Bakbuk, the descendants^h of Hakupha, the descendantsⁱ of Harhur, ⁵⁴the descendants^j of Bazlith, the descendants^k of Mehida, the descendants^l of Harsha, ⁵⁵the descendants^m of Barkos, the descendantsⁿ of Sisera, the descendants^o of Temah, ⁵⁶the descendants^p of Neziah, the descendants^q of Hatipha.

⁵⁷The descendants^r of Solomon’s servants: the descendants^s of Sotai, the descendants^t of Sophereth, the descendants^u of Perida, ⁵⁸the descendants^v of Jaala, the descendants^w of Darkon, the descendants^x of Giddel, ⁵⁹the descendants^y of Shephatiah, the descendants^z of Hattil, the descendants^a of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the descendants^b of Amon.

⁶⁰All the temple servants and the descendants^c of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

⁶¹These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they were from Israel: ⁶²the descendants^d of Delaiah, the descendants^e of Tobiah, the descendants^f of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two. ⁶³And from the priests: the descendants^g of Hobaiah, the descendants^h of Hakkoz, the descendantsⁱ of Barzillai (who had taken as a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ⁶⁴These sought their record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood. ⁶⁵So the governor said to them that they could not eat the most holy food until a priest could come with Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁶All of the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷besides their servants and female slaves—these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,^{j 69k} there were four hundred and thirty-five camels and six thousand seven hundred and twenty male donkeys.

⁷⁰Now some from the heads of the families^l gave to the work. The governor gave to the storehouse one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly tunics. ⁷¹Now some of the heads of the families^m gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand gold darics and two thousand two hundred silver minas. ⁷²And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics.

⁷³So 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 Israelitesⁿ were in their cities.