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. |