Nehemiah 7 (New International Version)

Nehemiah 7

 ¹ After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed. ² I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with ^[a] Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most men do. ³ I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses."

The List of the Exiles Who Returned

 ⁴ Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. ⁵ So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:

 ⁶ These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, ⁷ in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah):
      The list of the men of Israel:

 ⁸ the descendants of Parosh 2,172

 ⁹ of Shephatiah 372

 ¹⁰ of Arah 652

 ¹¹ of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,818

 ¹² of Elam 1,254

 ¹³ of Zattu 845

 ¹⁴ of Zaccai 760

 ¹⁵ of Binnui 648

 ¹⁶ of Bebai 628

 ¹⁷ of Azgad 2,322

 ¹⁸ of Adonikam 667

 ¹⁹ of Bigvai 2,067

 ²⁰ of Adin 655

 ²¹ of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98

 ²² of Hashum 328

 ²³ of Bezai 324

 ²⁴ of Hariph 112

 ²⁵ of Gibeon 95

 ²⁶ the men of Bethlehem and Netophah 188

 ²⁷ of Anathoth 128

 ²⁸ of Beth Azmaveth 42

 ²⁹ of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743

 ³⁰ of Ramah and Geba 621

 ³¹ of Micmash 122

 ³² of Bethel and Ai 123

 ³³ of the other Nebo 52

 ³⁴ of the other Elam 1,254

 ³⁵ of Harim 320

 ³⁶ of Jericho 345

 ³⁷ of Lod, Hadid and Ono 721

 ³⁸ of Senaah 3,930

 ³⁹ The priests:
       the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973

 ⁴⁰ of Immer 1,052

 ⁴¹ of Pashhur 1,247

 ⁴² of Harim 1,017

 ⁴³ The Levites:
      the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah) 74

 ⁴⁴ The singers:
       the descendants of Asaph 148

 ⁴⁵ The gatekeepers:
       the descendants of
       Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 138

 ⁴⁶ The temple servants:
       the descendants of
       Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

 ⁴⁷ Keros, Sia, Padon,

 ⁴⁸ Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,

 ⁴⁹ Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,

 ⁵⁰ Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,

 ⁵¹ Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,

 ⁵² Besai, Meunim, Nephussim,

 ⁵³ Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

 ⁵⁴ Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

 ⁵⁵ Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

 ⁵⁶ Neziah and Hatipha

 ⁵⁷ The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
       the descendants of
       Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,

 ⁵⁸ Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

 ⁵⁹ Shephatiah, Hattil,
       Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Amon

 ⁶⁰ The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392

 ⁶¹ The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

 ⁶² the descendants of
       Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 642

 ⁶³ And from among the priests:
      the descendants of
       Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

 ⁶⁴ These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. ⁶⁵ The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

 ⁶⁶ The whole company numbered 42,360, ⁶⁷ besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 245 men and women singers. ⁶⁸ There were 736 horses, 245 mules, ^{[b] 69} 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

 ⁷⁰ Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 drachmas ^[c] of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. ⁷¹ Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 drachmas ^[d] of gold and 2,200 minas ^[e] of silver. ⁷² The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 drachmas of gold, 2,000 minas ^[f] of silver and 67 garments for priests.

 ⁷³ The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.
      

Ezra Reads the Law

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