CHAPTER 7
1And it happened when the wall was rebuilt that I set up doors, and the gatekeepers and the choristers and the Levites were appointed. 2And I charged Hanani my brother and Hananiah officer of the fortress in Jerusalem, for he was a truthful man and God-fearing more than most. 3And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be open till the sun grows warm, and while [the guards] are still stationed, let the doors be shut and made fast, and set up watches from Jerusalem’s dwellers, each man on his watch and each man before his house.” 4And the city was broad and large, and the people within it were few, and there were no built-up houses. 5And my God put it in my heart, and I gathered the nobles and the officials and the people to trace their lineage, and I found the record of lineage of those who first came up, and I found within it: 6These are the people of the provinces who came up from captivity of exile that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonia had inflicted, and they came back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his town, 7those who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Misperath, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the people of Israel—8the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two; 9the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two; 10the sons of Arah, six hundred fifty-two; 11the sons of Pahath-Moab, the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred eighteen; 12the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four; 13the sons of Zattu eight hundred forty-five; 14the sons of Zaccai, eight hundred sixty; 15the sons of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight; 16the sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight; 17the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two; 18the sons of Adonikam, six hundred; 19the sons of Bigvai, sixty-seven; 20the sons of Adin, six hundred fifty-five; 21the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; 22the sons of Hashum, three hundred twenty-eight; 23the sons of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four; 24the sons of Hariph, one hundred twelve; 25the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five; 26the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-seven; 27the men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight; 28the men of Beth-Azmaveth, forty-two; 29the men of Kiriath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three; 30the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one; 31the men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two; 32the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three; 33the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two; 34the sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four; 35the sons of Harim, three hundred twenty; 36the sons of Jericho, three hundred forty-five; 37the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one; 38the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty; 39the priests, sons of Jedaiah, nine hundred seventy-three; 40the sons of Immer, one thousand fifty-two; 41the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven; 42the sons of Harim, one thousand seventeen; 43the Levites, sons of Jeshua, Kadmiel, the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four; 44the choristers, sons of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight; 45the gatekeepers, sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai one hundred thirty-eight; 46the temple laborers, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth; 47sons of Keros, sons of Sia, sons of Padon, 48sons of Lebanah, sons of Hagabah, sons of Shalmai; 49sons of Hanan, sons of Giddel, sons of Gahar, 50sons of Reiahia, sons of Rezin, sons of Nekoda, 51sons of Gazzam, sons of Uzza, sons of Paseah, 52sons of Besai, sons of Meunim, sons of Nephishesim, 53sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur, 54sons of Bazluth, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha, 55sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Tamah, 56sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha, 57the sons of Solomon’s servants, sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Perida, 58sons of Jala, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel, 59sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, sons of Amon; 60all the temple builders and the sons of Solomon’s servants, three hundred ninety-two. 61And these are the ones who came up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, whether their patriarchal house and their seed were of Israel or not: 62the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two. 63And of the priests, sons of Habaiah, sons of Hakkoz, sons of Barzillai who had taken as wives from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and were called by his name, 64these sought the writ of their lineage and it was not found, and they were unfit for the priesthood. 65And the governor said to them that they could not eat of the holy of holies till the priest stood with the Urim and Thummim. 66All the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty, 67besides their male slaves and slavegirls—these were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And they had two hundred forty-five men and women choristers. 68Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six and their mules two hundred forty-five; 69four hundred thirty-five camels, six thousand seven hundred twenty their donkeys. 70And some of the patriarchal chiefs gave donations for the task. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand drachmas of gold, fifty basins, fifty priestly robes, five hundred thirty. 71And some of the patriarchal chiefs gave for the task’s treasury twenty thousand drachmas of gold and two thousand two hundred minnas of silver. 72As to what the rest of the people gave, it was twenty thousand drachmas of gold and two thousand minnas of silver and sixty-seven priestly robes. 73And the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the choristers and some of the people and the temple laborers and all Israel settled in their towns. And when the seventh month arrived, all Israel were in their towns.