7 Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,

² I gave my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the ruler of the castle, charge over Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.

³ I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still on guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the people of Jerusalem, each to his watch [on the wall] and each opposite his own house.

⁴ Now the city was wide and large, but the people in it were few, and their houses were not yet built.

⁵ And my God put it into my mind and heart to assemble the nobles, the officers, and the people, that they might be counted by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] at the first, and found written in it:

⁶ These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away; they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his town,

⁷ Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah [not the author], Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The men of Israel numbered:

⁸ The sons of Parosh, 2,172.

⁹ The sons of Shephatiah, 372.

¹⁰ The sons of Arah, 652.

¹¹ The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.

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, namely of Hezekiah, 98.

²² The sons of Hashum, 328.

²³ The sons of Bezai, 324.

²⁴ The sons of Hariph, 112.

²⁵ The sons of Gibeon, 95.

²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188.

²⁷ The men 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.

³¹ The men of Michmas, 122.

³² The men of Bethel and Ai, 123.

³³ The men of the other Nebo, 52.

³⁴ The sons of the other Elam, 1,254.

³⁵ The sons of Harim, 320.

³⁶ The sons of Jericho, 345.

³⁷ The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721.

³⁸ The sons of Senaah, 3,930.

³⁹ The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973.

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, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah, 74.

⁴⁴ The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.

⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.

⁴⁶ The Nethinim [temple servants]: the sons of Ziha, of Hasupha, of Tabbaoth,

⁴⁷ Of Keros, of Sia, of Padon,

⁴⁸ Of Lebana, of Hagaba, of Shalmai,

⁴⁹ Of Hanan, of Giddel, of Gahar,

⁵⁰ Of Reaiah, of Rezin, of Nekoda,

⁵¹ Of Gazzam, of Uzza, of Paseah,

⁵² Of Besai, of Meunim, of Nephushesim,

⁵³ Of Bakbuk, of Hakupha, of Harhur,

⁵⁴ Of Bazlith, of Mehida, of Harsha,

⁵⁵ Of Barkos, of Sisera, of Temah,

⁵⁶ Of Neziah, of Hatipha.

⁵⁷ The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, of Sophereth, of Perida,

⁵⁸ Of Jaala, of Darkon, of Giddel,

⁵⁹ Of Shephatiah, of Hattil, of Pochereth-hazzebaim, of Amon.

⁶⁰ All the Nethinim [temple servants] and the sons of Solomon’s servants, 392.

⁶¹ And these were they who went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they [had no birth records and] could not prove their father’s house nor their descent, whether they were of Israel:

⁶² The sons of Delaiah, of Tobiah, of Nekoda, 642.

⁶³ Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, of Hakkoz, and of Barzillai, who [was so named because he] married one of the daughters of the [noted] Gileadite Barzillai and was called by their name.

⁶⁴ These sought their registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.

⁶⁵ The governor told them that they should refrain from eating any of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise [to determine the will of God in the matter].

⁶⁶ The congregation all together was 42,360,

⁶⁷ Besides their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 singers, men and women.

⁶⁸ Their horses were 736; their mules, 245;

⁶⁹ Their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.

⁷⁰ And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The Tirshatha or governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.

⁷¹ Some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

⁷² What the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments.

⁷³ So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim [the temple servants], along with all Israel, dwelt in their towns, and were in them when the seventh month came.