1. When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
2. Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
3. I said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes."
4. The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.
5. Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found [the following] written in it:
6. These are the people of the province who went up from among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to his own town in Jerusalem and Judah.
7. They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men [included]:
8. Parosh's descendants 2,172
9. Shephatiah's descendants 372
10. Arah's descendants 652
11. Pahath-moab's descendants: Jeshua's and Joab's descendants 2,818
12. Elam's descendants 1,254
13. Zattu's descendants 845
14. Zaccai's descendants 760
15. Binnui's descendants 648
16. Bebai's descendants 628
17. Azgad's descendants 2,322
18. Adonikam's descendants 667
19. Bigvai's descendants 2,067
20. Adin's descendants 655
21. Ater's descendants: of Hezekiah 98
22. Hashum's descendants 328
23. Bezai's descendants 324
24. Hariph's descendants 112
25. Gibeon's descendants 95
26. Bethlehem's and Netophah's men 188
27. Anathoth's men 128
28. Beth-azmaveth's men 42
29. Kiriath-jearim's, Chephirah's, and Beeroth's men 743
30. Ramah's and Geba's men 621
31. Michmas's men 122
32. Bethel's and Ai's men 123
33. the other Nebo's men 52
34. the other Elam's people 1,254
35. Harim's people 320
36. Jericho's people 345
37. Lod's, Hadid's, and Ono's people 721
38. Senaah's people 3,930
39. The priests [included]: Jedaiah's descendants of the house of Jeshua 973
40. Immer's descendants 1,052
41. Pashhur's descendants 1,247
42. Harim's descendants 1,017
43. The Levites [included]: Jeshua's descendants: of Kadmiel Hodevah's descendants 74
44. The singers [included]: Asaph's descendants 148
45. The gatekeepers [included]: Shallum's descendants, Ater's descendants, Talmon's descendants, Akkub's descendants, Hatita's descendants, Shobai's descendants 138
46. The temple servants [included]: Ziha's descendants, Hasupha's descendants, Tabbaoth's descendants,
47. Keros's descendants, Sia's descendants, Padon's descendants,
48. Lebana's descendants, Hagaba's descendants, Shalmai's descendants,
49. Hanan's descendants, Giddel's descendants, Gahar's descendants,
50. Reaiah's descendants, Rezin's descendants, Nekoda's descendants,
51. Gazzam's descendants, Uzza's descendants, Paseah's descendants,
52. Besai's descendants, Meunim's descendants, Nephishesim's descendants,
53. Bakbuk's descendants, Hakupha's descendants, Harhur's descendants,
54. Bazlith's descendants, Mehida's descendants, Harsha's descendants,
55. Barkos's descendants, Sisera's descendants, Temah's descendants,
56. Neziah's descendants, Hatipha's descendants.
57. The descendants of Solomon's servants [included]: Sotai's descendants, Sophereth's descendants, Perida's descendants,
58. Jaala's descendants, Darkon's descendants, Giddel's descendants,
59. Shephatiah's descendants, Hattil's descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim's descendants, Amon's descendants.
60. All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants 392
61. The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
62. Delaiah's descendants, Tobiah's descendants, and Nekoda's descendants 642
63. and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai-- who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
64. These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.
65. The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
66. The whole combined assembly numbered 42,360
67. not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
68. They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
69. 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
70. Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.
71. Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.
72. The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.
73. So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.