Nehemiah 7:1–73

¹ When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed. ² 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. ³ 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.” ⁴ Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. ⁵ 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: ⁶ 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, ⁷ accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel: ⁸ the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; ⁹ the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; ¹⁰ the descendants of Arah, 652; ¹¹ the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line 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 Hariph, 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 Beth-azmaveth, 42; ²⁹ the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; ³⁰ the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; ³¹ the men of Michmash, 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 men of Jericho, 345; ³⁷ the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721; ³⁸ and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930. ³⁹ The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973; ⁴⁰ the descendants of Immer, 1,052; ⁴¹ the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; ⁴² and the descendants of Harim, 1,017. ⁴³ The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah ), 74. ⁴⁴ The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148. ⁴⁵ The gateke…