Nehemiah 7
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The Exiles Return

1When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed,a the gatekeepers,b singers, and Levites were appointed. 2Then I put my brother Hanania in charge of Jerusalem,b along with Hananiah,c commander of the fortress,d because he was a faithful man who feared Gode more than most. 3I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”a

4The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.a 5Then my God put it into my minda to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:b

6These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzara of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town.b 7They came with Zerubbabel,a Jeshua,b Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men includedA

8Parosh’s descendantsa2,172
9Shephatiah’s descendants372
10Arah’s descendants652
11Pahath-moab’s descendants:
Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants2,818
12Elam’s descendants1,254
13Zattu’s descendants845
14Zaccai’s descendants760
15Binnui’s descendants648
16Bebai’s descendants628
17Azgad’s descendants2,322
18Adonikam’s descendantsa667
19Bigvai’s descendants2,067
20Adin’s descendantsa655
21Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98
22Hashum’s descendants328
23Bezai’s descendants324
24Hariph’s descendants112
25Gibeon’sA descendants95
26Bethlehem’sa and Netophah’sb men188
27Anathoth’sa men128
28Beth-azmaveth’s men42
29Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men743
30Ramah’s and Geba’s men621
31Michmas’s men122
32Bethel’s and Ai’s mena123
33the other Nebo’s men52
34the other Elam’s people1,254
35Harim’s people320
36Jericho’s peoplea345
37Lod’s,a Hadid’s, and Ono’s people721
38Senaah’s people3,930.

39The priests included

Jedaiah’sa descendants of the house of Jeshua973
40Immer’s descendants1,052
41Pashhur’s descendants1,247
42Harim’s descendants1,017.

43The Levitesa included

Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel
Hodevah’s descendants74.

44The singersa included

Asaph’s descendants148.

45The gatekeepersa included

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants138.

46The temple servantsa included

  1. Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
  2. Tabbaoth’s descendants, 47Keros’s descendants,
  3. Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
  4. 48Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
  5. Shalmai’s descendants, 49Hanan’s descendants,
  6. Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
  7. 50Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants,
  8. Nekoda’s descendants, 51Gazzam’s descendants,
  9. Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
  10. 52Besai’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants,
  11. Nephishesim’sA descendants, 53Bakbuk’s descendants,
  12. Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,
  13. 54Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants,
  14. Harsha’s descendants, 55Barkos’s descendants,
  15. Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,
  16. 56Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.

57The descendants of Solomon’s servantsa included

  1. Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants,
  2. Perida’s descendants, 58Jaala’s descendants,
  3. Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,
  4. 59Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,
  5. Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, Amon’s descendants.
60All the temple servants
and the descendants of Solomon’s servantsa392.

61The followinga are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their ancestral familiesA and their lineage were Israelite:

62Delaiah’s descendants,
Tobiah’s descendants,
and Nekoda’s descendants642

63and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name. 64These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 65The governora ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.b

66The whole combined assembly numbered42,360
67not including their 7,337 male and female servants,
as well as their 245 male and female singers.
68They had 736 horses, 245 mules,A
69435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.a

70Some of the family heads contributed to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins,A 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury. 71Some of the family heads gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project. 72The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. 73The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.a

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When the seventh monthb came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,





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