fra Biblica1Efter at muren var færdig og portfløjene sat på plads, udpegede jeg tempelvagter og korsangere blandt levitterne.2Derefter overdrog jeg ansvaret for Jerusalem til min bror Hanani og til Hananja, der var kommandant for tropperne i tempelborgen, en mand, der tjente Gud mere trofast end de fleste.3Jeg gav dem instrukser om ikke at åbne byens porte før et godt stykke efter solopgang, og at lukke og låse dem i god tid inden solnedgang, mens vagterne endnu var på deres poster. Desuden indprentede jeg dem, at alle Jerusalems indbyggere skulle være med til at holde vagt ved muren, og at de, der boede umiddelbart op til muren, skulle holde vagt på den strækning, der lå ud for deres hus.4Indbyggertallet var på det tidspunkt lille i forhold til byens udstrækning, og der var endnu ikke bygget nye huse i byen.
Fortegnelse over dem, som vendte hjem fra eksilet
5Gud gav mig den tanke at samle byens ledere, embedsmænd og den menige befolkning, så vi kunne registrere dem slægt for slægt. Jeg var nemlig kommet i besiddelse af slægtstavlerne over dem, der i sin tid var vendt hjem fra eksilet.6De judæere, der var vendt tilbage fra eksilet, havde bosat sig enten i Jerusalem eller i de byer i Judas land, de oprindeligt stammede fra. De nedstammede alle fra dem, som kong Nebukadnezar i sin tid havde taget til fange og ført i eksil.7Lederne for de hjemvendte var Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemias, Azarja, Ra’amja, Nahamani, Mordokaj, Bilshan, Misperet, Bigvaj, Nehum og Ba’ana. Det følgende er listen over antallet af de mænd, der vendte tilbage. De er optegnet efter navnet på den forfar, de regnede deres slægt efter, eller efter den by, de stammede fra:8-38Efterkommere af Parosh: 2172, af Shefatja: 372, af Arach: 652, af Pahat-Moab (Jeshuas og Joabs efterkommere): 2818, af Elam: 1254, af Zattu: 845, af Zakkaj: 760, af Binnuj: 648, af Bebaj: 628, af Azgad: 2322, af Adonikam: 667, af Bigvaj: 2067, af Adin: 655, af Ater (Hizkijas efterkommere): 98, af Hashum: 328, af Betzaj: 324, af Harif: 112, af Gibeon: 95. Dem fra Betlehem og Netofa: 188, fra Anatot: 128, fra Bet-Azmavet: 42, fra Kirjat-Jearim, Kefira og Be’erot: 743, fra Rama og Geba: 621, fra Mikmas: 122, fra Betel og Aj: 123. Efterkommere af den anden Nebo: 52, af den anden Elam: 1254, af Harim: 320. Folkene fra Jeriko: 345, fra Lod, Hadid og Ono: 721 og fra Sena’a: 3930.39-42Nogle af de hjemvendte var af præsteslægt: Efterkommere af Jedaja (Jeshuas klan): 973, af Immer: 1052, Pashhur: 1247 og af Harim: 1017.43-45Andre hørte til levitterne: Af Hodavjas efterkommere var der 74 fra slægterne Jeshua og Kadmiel. Der var 148 tempelsangere af Asafs slægt og 138 tempelvagter, efterkommere af Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita og Shobaj.46-56Desuden var der tempeltjenerne med følgende slægtsnavne: Ziha, Hasufa, Tabbaot, Keros, Sia, Padon, Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmaj, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaja, Retzin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Pasea, Besaj, meunitterne, nefusitterne, Bakbuk, Hakufa, Harhur, Batzlut, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Tema, Netziach, og Hatifa.57-59Efterkommerne efter Salomons tjenere var fra følgende slægter: Sotaj, Soferet, Perida, Ja’ala, Darkon, Giddel, Shefatja, Hattil, Pokeret-ha-Zebajim og Amon.60Det samlede antal tempeltjenere og Salomons tjenere var 392.61Der var også en gruppe fra de persiske byer Tel-Mela, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addon og Immer, der vendte tilbage fra eksilet, men de var ikke længere i besiddelse af deres stamtavler, så de kunne ikke med sikkerhed bevise, at de var israelitter.62Den gruppe bestod af 642 mænd, som regnedes for efterkommere af Delaja, Tobija og Nekoda.63Der var også flere præsteslægter, som hævdede at være efterkommere af Habaja, Hakkotz og Barzillaj. (Sidstnævnte havde giftet sig med en datter af Barzillaj fra Gilead og havde taget sin kones slægtsnavn.)64-65De havde imidlertid også mistet deres slægtstavler. Derfor nægtede lederne dem at fungere som præster—ja, endog at få præsternes andel af offergaverne—indtil der kom en præst, som havde autoritet til at afgøre spørgsmålet ved hjælp af Urim og Tummim.66I alt var der 42.360 mænd, som var vendt tilbage til Juda sammen med deres familier.67Dertil kom 7337 slaver og 245 tempelsangere, både mænd og kvinder. De medbragte 736 heste, 245 muldyr,68435 kameler og 6720 æsler.69Nogle af slægtsoverhovederne gav frivillige offergaver til tempelbyggeriet. Guvernøren gav 1000 guldstykker, 50 guldskåle og 530 præstedragter.70De andre ledere gav i alt 170 kilo guldstykker og 1300 kg sølv.71Den almindelige befolkning gav i alt 170 kilo guldstykker, 1200 kg sølv og 67 præstedragter.72Præsterne, levitterne, tempelvagterne, tempelsangerne og resten af de hjemvendte bosatte sig derefter i de byer i Juda de oprindeligt stammede fra.
Nehemias 7
English Standard Version
fra Crossway1Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, (Neh 6,1)2I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. (Neh 1,2; Neh 2,8; Neh 13,13)3And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes.”4The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.
Lists of Returned Exiles
5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: (Ez 1,11)6These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town. (Ez 2,1)7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: (Ez 2,2)8the sons of Parosh, 2,172.9The sons of Shephatiah, 372.10The sons of Arah, 652. (Ez 2,5)11The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.12The sons of Elam, 1,254. (Neh 7,34)13The sons of Zattu, 845.14The sons of Zaccai, 760.15The sons of Binnui, 648. (Ez 2,10)16The sons of Bebai, 628.17The sons of Azgad, 2,322.18The sons of Adonikam, 667.19The sons of Bigvai, 2,067.20The sons of Adin, 655.21The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98.22The sons of Hashum, 328.23The sons of Bezai, 324. (Ez 2,17)24The sons of Hariph, 112.25The sons of Gibeon, 95. (Ez 2,20)26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188.27The men of Anathoth, 128.28The men of Beth-azmaveth, 42. (Ez 2,24)29The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. (Ez 2,25)30The men of Ramah and Geba, 621.31The men of Michmas, 122.32The men of Bethel and Ai, 123.33The men of the other Nebo, 52.34The sons of the other Elam, 1,254. (Neh 7,12)35The sons of Harim, 320.36The sons of Jericho, 345.37The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721.38The sons of Senaah, 3,930.39The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973. (1.Krøn 9,10; 1.Krøn 24,7)40The sons of Immer, 1,052. (1.Krøn 9,12; 1.Krøn 24,14)41The sons of Pashhur, 1,247. (1.Krøn 9,12)42The sons of Harim, 1,017. (1.Krøn 24,8)43The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah, 74. (Ez 2,40; Ez 3,9)44The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.45The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138.46The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,47the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, (Ez 2,44)48the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, (Ez 2,46)49the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,50the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,51the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,52the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim, (Ez 2,50)53the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,54the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, (Ez 2,52)55the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,56the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.57The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida, (Ez 2,55)58the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,59the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon. (Ez 2,57)60All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392.61The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers’ houses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: (Ez 2,59)62the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642.63Also, of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).64These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.65The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise. (Ez 2,63; Neh 8,9; Neh 10,1)
Totals of People and Gifts
66The whole assembly together was 42,360,67besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337. And they had 245 singers, male and female.68Their horses were 736, their mules 245,[1]69their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.70Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics[2] of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas[3] of silver.[4] (Neh 7,65)71And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.72And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments. (Ez 2,69)73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns. And when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns. (Ez 3,1)