Compare: Nehemiah 7

BSB

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

BSB

Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

BSB

And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

BSB

Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

BSB

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

BSB

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

BSB

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

BSB

the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

BSB

the descendants of Arah, 652;

BSB

the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

BSB

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

BSB

the descendants of Zattu, 845;

BSB

the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

BSB

the descendants of Binnui, 648;

BSB

the descendants of Bebai, 628;

BSB

the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

BSB

the descendants of Adonikam, 667;

BSB

the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

BSB

the descendants of Adin, 655;

BSB

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

BSB

the descendants of Hashum, 328;

BSB

the descendants of Bezai, 324;

BSB

the descendants of Hariph, 112;

BSB

the descendants of Gibeon, 95;

BSB

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

BSB

the men of Anathoth, 128;

BSB

the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;

BSB

the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

BSB

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

BSB

the men of Michmash, 122;

BSB

the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

BSB

the men of the other Nebo, 52;

BSB

the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

BSB

the descendants of Harim, 320;

BSB

the men of Jericho, 345;

BSB

the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

BSB

and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.

BSB

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

BSB

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

BSB

the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

BSB

and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

BSB

The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah ), 74.

BSB

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

BSB

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 in all.

BSB

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

BSB

the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon,

BSB

the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,

BSB

the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,

BSB

the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,

BSB

the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah,

BSB

the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim,

BSB

the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

BSB

the descendants of Bazlith, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

BSB

the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

BSB

the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.

BSB

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

BSB

the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

BSB

the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.

BSB

The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

BSB

The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

BSB

the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

BSB

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

BSB

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

BSB

The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

BSB

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

BSB

in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

BSB

They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

BSB

435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

BSB

Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

BSB

And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

BSB

The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.

BSB

So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.