1After the wall was built, I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed,
2I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah was a trustworthy man who respected God more than many others.
3I told them, “Don’t open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, have them close and bar the doors. Appoint watchmen from the people of Jerusalem, each for his own post and near his own house.”
4The city was large and spread out, but there were few people living in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
5My God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the officials, and the people so they could be listed by their family lines. I found a record of the family lines of those who were among the first to return, and this is what I found written in it:
6These are the people from the province who came back from captivity. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had taken them away, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of the people of Israel:
8The descendants of Parosh: 2,172.
9The descendants of Shephatiah: 372.
10The descendants of Arah: 652.
11The descendants of Pahathmoab, who were also descendants of Jeshua and Joab: 2,818.
12The descendants of Elam: 1,254.
13The descendants of Zattu: 845.
14The descendants of Zaccai: 760.
15The descendants of Binnui: 648.
16The descendants of Bebai: 628.
17The descendants of Azgad: 2,322.
18The descendants of Adonikam: 667.
19The descendants of Bigvai: 2,067.
20From Adin, six hundred fifty-five descendants.
21From Ater, through Hezekiah, ninety-eight descendants.
22From Hashum, three hundred twenty-eight descendants.
23From Bezai, three hundred twenty-four descendants.
24From Hariph, one hundred twelve descendants.
25From Gibeon, ninety-five descendants.
26One hundred eighty-eight men from Bethlehem and Netophah.
27One hundred twenty-eight men from Anathoth.
28Forty-two men from Beth Azmaveth.
29Seven hundred forty-three men from Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth.
30Six hundred twenty-one men from Ramah and Geba.
31One hundred twenty-two men from Michmas.
32One hundred twenty-three men from Bethel and Ai.
33Fifty-two men from the other Nebo.
34From the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four descendants.
35From Harim, three hundred twenty descendants.
36From Jericho, three hundred forty-five descendants.
37From Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one descendants.
38From Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty descendants.
39The priests: From Jedaiah, of the family of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
40The people from Immer numbered 1,052.
41The people from Pashhur numbered 1,247.
42The people from Harim numbered 1,017.
43The Levites: the people from Jeshua, Kadmiel, and Hodevah numbered 74.
44The singers: the people from Asaph numbered 148.
45The gatekeepers: the people from Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai numbered 138.
46The temple servants: the people from Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth,
47the people from Keros, Sia, and Padon,
48the people from Lebana, Hagaba, and Salmai,
49the people from Hanan, Giddel, and Gahar,
50the people from Reaiah, Rezin, and Nekoda,
51the people from Gazzam, Uzza, and Paseah.
52The people from Besai, Meunim, and Nephushesim,
53the people from Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur,
54the people from Bazlith, Mehida, and Harsha,
55the people from Barkos, Sisera, and Temah,
56the people from Neziah and Hatipha.
57The descendants of Solomon’s servants: the people from Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida,
58the people from Jaala, Darkon, and Giddel,
59the people from Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.
60The total number of temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants was three hundred ninety-two.
61These people came from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. However, they could not prove their family lineage or if they were truly Israelites.
62That included the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, totaling six hundred forty-two people.
63Regarding the priests, there were the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. This Barzillai had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and his line was named after him.
64These priests searched for their family records but couldn’t find them. Because of this, they were considered unfit and removed from the priesthood.
65The governor instructed that they should not eat any of the most sacred food until a priest could serve with the Urim and Thummim (sacred objects used for divine guidance).
66The entire community together totaled forty-two thousand three hundred sixty people.
67In addition to that, there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven male and female servants, and two hundred forty-five male and female singers.
68They had seven hundred thirty-six horses, two hundred forty-five mules,
69four hundred thirty-five camels, and six thousand seven hundred twenty donkeys.
70Some of the family leaders contributed to the work. The governor donated one thousand gold coins (darics), fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priestly garments to the treasury.
71Some of the family leaders also contributed twenty thousand gold coins (darics) and two thousand two hundred silver coins (minas) to the work’s treasury.
72What the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold coins (darics), two thousand silver coins (minas), and sixty-seven priestly garments.
73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the people of Israel settled in their cities. By the seventh month, the people of Israel were in their cities.