The Book of Nehemiah

Then it was, when the wall was built and I had hung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

And I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors and bar them; and appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his watch station and another in front of his own house."

Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.

Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:

These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away captive, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.

Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

the children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

the children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;

the children of Arah, six hundred and fifty- two;

the children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;

the children of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

the children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty- five;

the children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

the children of Binnui, six hundred and forty- eight;

the children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty- eight;

the children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;

the children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;

the children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty- seven;

the children of Adin, six hundred and fifty- five;

the children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

the children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;

the children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;

the children of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;

the children of Gibeon, ninety-five;

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;

the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty- eight;

the men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two;

the men of Kirjath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;

the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;

the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;

the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;

the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;

the children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

the children of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

the children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;

the children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;

the children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

the children of Immer, one thousand and fifty- two;

the children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

the children of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.

The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.

The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,

the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,

the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,

the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,

the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, and the children of Amon.

All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.

And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not identify their father's house nor their lineage, whether they were of Israel:

the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty- two;

and of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.

These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.

Altogether the whole congregation was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.

Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,

their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

And some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.

Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas.

And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.