1The wall had been rebuilt. I had put up the gates at the main entrances to the city. The people who guarded the gates were appointed to their positions. So were the musicians and the Levites.2I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah helped him. Hananiah was commander of the fort that was by the temple. Hanani was an honest man. He had more respect for God than most people do.3I said to Hanani and Hananiah, ‘Don’t open the gates of Jerusalem until the hottest time of the day. Tell the men who guard the gates to shut them before they go off duty. Make sure they lock them up tight. Also appoint as guards some people who live in Jerusalem. Station some of them at their appointed places. Station others near their own homes.’
A list of people who returned to Judah
4Jerusalem was large. It had a lot of room. But only a few people lived there. The houses hadn’t been rebuilt yet.5So my God gave me the idea and encouraged me to gather the people together. He also encouraged me to gather the nobles and officials together with them. He wanted me to list them by families. I found the family history of those who had been the first to return. Here is what I found written in it.6Nebuchadnezzar had taken many Jews away from the land of Judah. He had forced them to go to Babylon as prisoners. Now they returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went back to their own towns. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.7The leaders of the Jews included Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah and Nahamani. They also included Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah. Here is a list of the men of Israel who returned home.8There were 2,172 from the family line of Parosh.9There were 372 from Shephatiah.10There were 652 from Arah.11There were 2,818 from Pahath-Moab through the family line of Jeshua and Joab.12There were 1,254 from Elam.13There were 845 from Zattu.14There were 760 from Zakkai.15There were 648 from Binnui.16There were 628 from Bebai.17There were 2,322 from Azgad.18There were 667 from Adonikam.19There were 2,067 from Bigvai.20There were 655 from Adin.21There were 98 from Ater through the family line of Hezekiah.22There were 328 from Hashum.23There were 324 from Bezai.24There were 112 from Hariph.25There were 95 from Gibeon.26There were 188 from the men of Bethlehem and Netophah.27There were 128 from Anathoth.28There were 42 from Beth Azmaveth.29There were 743 from Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth.30There were 621 from Ramah and Geba.31There were 122 from Mikmash.32There were 123 from Bethel and Ai.33There were 52 from the other Nebo.34There were 1,254 from the other Elam.35There were 320 from Harim.36There were 345 from Jericho.37There were 721 from Lod, Hadid and Ono.38There were 3,930 from Senaah.39Here is a list of the priests. There were 973 from the family line of Jedaiah through the line of Jeshua.40There were 1,052 from Immer.41There were 1,247 from Pashhur.42There were 1,017 from Harim.43The Levites belonged to the family line of Jeshua through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah. The total number of men was 74.44The musicians belonged to the family line of Asaph. The total number of men was 148.45The men who guarded the temple gates belonged to the family lines of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai. The total number of men was 138.46Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the temple servants. Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,47Keros, Sia, Padon,48Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,49Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,50Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,51Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,52Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,53Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,54Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,55Barkos, Sisera, Temah,56Neziah, Hatipha57Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the servants of Solomon. Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,58Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,59Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, Amon60The total number of the members of the family lines of the temple servants and the servants of Solomon was 392.61Many people came up to Judah from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer. But they weren’t able to prove that their families belonged to the people of Israel.62There were 642 of them from the family lines of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda.63Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the priests. They were Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai. Barzillai had married a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead. So he was also called Barzillai.64The priests looked for their family records. But they couldn’t find them. So they weren’t able to serve as priests. They weren’t ‘clean’.65The governor gave them an order. He told them not to eat any of the most sacred food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim. The priest would use them to get decisions from the LORD.66The total number of the entire group that returned was 42,360.67That didn’t include their 7,337 male and female slaves. There were also 245 male and female singers.68And there were 736 horses, 245 mules,69435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.70Some of the family leaders helped pay for the work. The governor gave 8.5 kilograms of gold to be added to the temple treasure. He also gave 50 bowls and 530 sets of clothes for the priests.71Some of the family leaders gave 170 kilograms of gold for the work. They also gave 1.3 tonnes of silver. All of that was added to the temple treasure.72The rest of the people gave a total of 170 kilograms of gold and 1.2 tonnes of silver. They also gave 67 sets of clothes for the priests.
Ezra reads the Law to the people
73The priests and Levites made their homes in their own towns. So did the musicians, the temple servants and the men who guarded the gates. The rest of the Israelites also made their homes in their own towns. The Israelites had made their homes in their towns. In the seventh month,
Nehemiah 7
English Standard Version
1Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, (Ne 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. (Ne 1:2; Ne 2:8; Ne 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: (Ezr 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. (Ezr 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: (Ezr 2:2)8the sons of Parosh, 2,172.9The sons of Shephatiah, 372.10The sons of Arah, 652. (Ezr 2:5)11The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.12The sons of Elam, 1,254. (Ne 7:34)13The sons of Zattu, 845.14The sons of Zaccai, 760.15The sons of Binnui, 648. (Ezr 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. (Ezr 2:17)24The sons of Hariph, 112.25The sons of Gibeon, 95. (Ezr 2:20)26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188.27The men of Anathoth, 128.28The men of Beth-azmaveth, 42. (Ezr 2:24)29The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. (Ezr 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. (Ne 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. (1Ch 9:10; 1Ch 24:7)40The sons of Immer, 1,052. (1Ch 9:12; 1Ch 24:14)41The sons of Pashhur, 1,247. (1Ch 9:12)42The sons of Harim, 1,017. (1Ch 24:8)43The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah, 74. (Ezr 2:40; Ezr 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, (Ezr 2:44)48the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, (Ezr 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, (Ezr 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, (Ezr 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, (Ezr 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. (Ezr 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: (Ezr 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. (Ezr 2:63; Ne 8:9; Ne 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] (Ne 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. (Ezr 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. (Ezr 3:1)