² He then gathered together all Israel’s leaders along with the priests and the Levites. ³ When the Levites were counted, the head count of every male 30 and older totaled 38,000. ⁴ Of these, there were 24,000 to supervise the work on the Lord’s temple, 6,000 officers and judges,

Laying the foundations of God’s house

⁸ In the second month of the second year after their arrival at God’s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel’s son, and Jeshua, Jozadak’s son, and the rest of their kin—the priests and the Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem—made a beginning. They appointed Levites 20 years old and above to oversee the work on the Lord’s house.

⁹ Then Jeshua with his sons and his kin, Kadmiel and his sons, Binnui and his sons, the sons of Judah, along with the sons of Henadad, the Levites, and their sons and kin, collaborated to supervise the workers in God’s house.