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7:1  Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,
7:2  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.
7:3  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.
7:4  Now the city was wide and large, but the people in it were few, and their houses were not yet built.
7:5  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:
7:6  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,
7:7  Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah [not the author], Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The men of Israel numbered:
7:8  The sons of Parosh, 2,172.
7:9  The sons of Shephatiah, 372.
7:10  The sons of Arah, 652.
7:11  The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.
7:12  The sons of Elam, 1,254.
7:13  The sons of Zattu, 845.
7:14  The sons of Zaccai, 760.
7:15  The sons of Binnui, 648.
7:16  The sons of Bebai, 628.
7:17  The sons of Azgad, 2,322.
7:18  The sons of Adonikam, 667.
7:19  The sons of Bigvai, 2,067.
7:20  The sons of Adin, 655.
7:21  The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98.
7:22  The sons of Hashum, 328.
7:23  The sons of Bezai, 324.
7:24  The sons of Hariph, 112.
7:25  The sons of Gibeon, 95.
7:26  The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188.
7:27  The men of Anathoth, 128.
7:28  The men of Beth-azmaveth, 42.
7:29  The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743.
7:30  The men of Ramah and Geba, 621.
7:31  The men of Michmas, 122.
7:32  The men of Bethel and Ai, 123.
7:33  The men of the other Nebo, 52.
7:34  The sons of the other Elam, 1,254.
7:35  The sons of Harim, 320.
7:36  The sons of Jericho, 345.
7:37  The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721.
7:38  The sons of Senaah, 3,930.
7:39  The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973.
7:40  The sons of Immer, 1,052.
7:41  The sons of Pashhur, 1,247.
7:42  The sons of Harim, 1,017.
7:43  The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah, 74.
7:44  The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.
7:45  The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.
7:46  The Nethinim [temple servants]: the sons of Ziha, of Hasupha, of Tabbaoth,
7:47  Of Keros, of Sia, of Padon,
7:48  Of Lebana, of Hagaba, of Shalmai,
7:49  Of Hanan, of Giddel, of Gahar,
7:50  Of Reaiah, of Rezin, of Nekoda,
7:51  Of Gazzam, of Uzza, of Paseah,
7:52  Of Besai, of Meunim, of Nephushesim,
7:53  Of Bakbuk, of Hakupha, of Harhur,
7:54  Of Bazlith, of Mehida, of Harsha,
7:55  Of Barkos, of Sisera, of Temah,
7:56  Of Neziah, of Hatipha.
7:57  The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, of Sophereth, of Perida,
7:58  Of Jaala, of Darkon, of Giddel,
7:59  Of Shephatiah, of Hattil, of Pochereth-hazzebaim, of Amon.
7:60  All the Nethinim [temple servants] and the sons of Solomon’s servants, 392.
7:61  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:
7:62  The sons of Delaiah, of Tobiah, of Nekoda, 642.
7:63  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.
7:64  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.
7:65  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].
7:66  The congregation all together was 42,360,
7:67  Besides their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 singers, men and women.
7:68  Their horses were 736; their mules, 245;
7:69  Their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.
7:70  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.
7:71  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.
7:72  What the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments.
7:73  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.