⁴ Now the city was spread out^[a] and large, and there were not a lot of people in it.^[b] At that time houses had not been rebuilt. ⁵ My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders,^[c] the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records^[d] of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:^[e]

⁶ These are the people^[f] of the province who returned^[g] from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile.^[h] They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. ⁷ They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelite men^[i] was as follows:

⁸ the descendants^[j] of Parosh: 2,172;

⁹ the descendants of Shephatiah: 372;

¹⁰ the descendants of Arah: 652;

¹¹ the descendants of Pahath Moab (from the line^[k] of Jeshua and Joab): 2,818;

¹² the descendants of Elam: 1,254;

¹³ the descendants of Zattu: 845;

¹⁴ the descendants of Zaccai: 760;

¹⁵ the descendants of Binnui: 648;

¹⁶ the descendants of Bebai: 628;

¹⁷ the descendants of Azgad: 2,322;

¹⁸ the descendants of Adonikam: 667;

¹⁹ the descendants of Bigvai: 2,067;

²⁰ the descendants of Adin: 655;

²¹ the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah): 98;

²² the descendants of Hashum: 328;

²³ the descendants of Bezai: 324;

²⁴ the descendants of Harif: 112;

²⁵ the descendants of Gibeon: 95;

²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: 188;

²⁷ the men of Anathoth: 128;

²⁸ the men of the family^[l] of Azmaveth: 42;

²⁹ the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth: 743;

³⁰ the men of Ramah and Geba: 621;

³¹ the men of Micmash: 122;

³² the men of Bethel and Ai: 123;

³³ the men of the other Nebo: 52;

³⁴ the descendants of the other Elam: 1,254;

³⁵ the descendants of Harim: 320;

³⁶ the descendants of Jericho: 345;

³⁷ the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 721;

³⁸ the descendants of Senaah: 3,930;

³⁹ The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family^[m] of Jeshua): 973;

⁴⁰ the descendants of Immer: 1,052;

⁴¹ the descendants of Pashhur: 1,247;

⁴² the descendants 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, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 138.

⁴⁶ The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷ the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon, ⁴⁸ the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, ⁵¹ the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah, ⁵² the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim, ⁵³ the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah, ⁵⁶ the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha.

⁵⁷ The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida, ⁵⁸ the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.

⁶⁰ All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

⁶¹ These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify^[n] their family connection^[o] or their ancestry,^[p] as to whether they were really from Israel):

⁶² the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.

⁶³ And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). ⁶⁴ They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded^[q] from the priesthood. ⁶⁵ The governor^[r] instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult^[s] the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁶ The entire group numbered 42,360— ⁶⁷ not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers. ⁶⁸ They had 736 horses, 245 mules, ⁶⁹ (7:68)^[t] 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

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