Nehemiah 7:6–63

^7:6These are the people¹¹ of the province who returned¹² from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile.¹³ They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. ^7:7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelite men¹⁴ was as follows:

^7:8the descendants¹⁵ of Parosh, 2,172;

^7:9the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

^7:10the descendants of Arah, 652;

^7:11the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line¹⁶ of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

^7:12the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

^7:13the descendants of Zattu, 845;

^7:14the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

^7:15the descendants of Binnui, 648;

^7:16the descendants of Bebai, 628;

^7:17the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

^7:18the descendants of Adonikam, 667;

^7:19the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

^7:20the descendants of Adin, 655;

^7:21the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

^7:22the descendants of Hashum, 328;

^7:23the descendants of Bezai, 324;

^7:24the descendants of Harif, 112;

^7:25the descendants of Gibeon, 95;

^7:26The men of Bethlehem¹⁷ and Netophah, 188;

^7:27the men of Anathoth, 128;

^7:28the men of the family¹⁸ of Azmaveth, 42;

^7:29the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

^7:30the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

^7:31the men of Micmash, 122;

^7:32the men of Bethel¹⁹ and Ai, 123;

^7:33the men of the other Nebo, 52;

^7:34the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

^7:35the descendants of Harim, 320;

^7:36the descendants of Jericho, 345;

^7:37the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

^7:38the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.

^7:39The priests:

the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family²⁰ of Jeshua), 973;

^7:40the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

^7:41the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

^7:42the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

^7:43The Levites:

the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

^7:44The singers:

the descendants of Asaph, 148.

^7:45The 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.

^7:46The temple servants:

the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth, ^7:47the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon, ^7:48the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai, ^7:49the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, ^7:50the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, ^7:51the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah, ^7:52the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim, ^7:53the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur, ^7:54the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha, ^7:55the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah, ^7:56the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha.

^7:57The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida, ^7:58the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, ^7:59the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.

^7:60All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

^7:61These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify²¹ their family connection²² or their ancestry,²³ as to whether they were really from Israel):

^7:62the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.

^7:63And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).