1 Once the wall had been rebuilt and I had hung the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been assigned,
2 I gave my brother Hanani, together with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, charge over Jerusalem, because Hananiah was a trustworthy man who feared God more than most.
3 I told them, "The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun is hot, and while the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some in front of their own houses."
4 The city was spacious and large, but there were few people in it, and houses had not yet been rebuilt.
5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who had come up first, and this is what I found written in it:
6 These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The count of the men of the people of Israel:
8 the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
9 the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
10 the sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two;
11 the sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;
12 the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
13 the sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;
14 the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;
15 the sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;
16 the sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight;
17 the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;
18 the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;
19 the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven;
20 the sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;
21 the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;
22 the sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;
23 the sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;
24 the sons of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;
25 the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;
26 the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;
27 the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;
28 the men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two;
29 the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;
30 the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;
31 the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;
32 the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;
33 the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;
34 the sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
35 the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;
36 the sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;
37 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;
38 the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;
40 the sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two;
41 the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
42 the sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
43 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, seventy-four.
44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.
45 The 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, one hundred and thirty-eight.
46 The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
47 the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,
48 the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,
49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,
50 the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,
51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,
52 the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim,
53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
54 the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
55 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,
56 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.
57 The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,
58 the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
59 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.
60 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
61 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were unable to prove their fathers' house or their lineage, whether they were of Israel:
62 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
63 And from the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and took their name.
64 They looked for their entry in the genealogical register but it could not be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
65 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim.
66 The entire assembly numbered forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
67 not counting their male and female slaves, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; they also had two hundred and forty-five singing men and women.
68 They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five mules,
69 four hundred and thirty-five camels, and six thousand seven hundred and twenty donkeys.
70 Some of the heads of fathers' houses made contributions for the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty bowls, and five hundred and thirty garments for priests.
71 Some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the building fund twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
72 The rest of the people gave twenty thousand darics of gold, two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven garments for priests.
73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month arrived, the children of Israel were settled in their towns.