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1Now these were the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.[#Or “sons”]
2They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3the descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;[#Or “sons”]
4the descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;[#Or “sons”]
5the descendants of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five;[#Or “sons”]
6the descendants of Pahath-moab, particularly the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
7the descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;[#Or “sons”]
8the descendants of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five;[#Or “sons”]
9the descendants of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;[#Or “sons”]
10the descendants of Bani, six hundred and forty-two;[#Or “sons”]
11the descendants of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;[#Or “sons”]
12the descendants of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;[#Or “sons”]
13the descendants of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six;[#Or “sons”]
14the descendants of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six;[#Or “sons”]
15the descendants of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four;[#Or “sons”]
16the descendants of Ater, particularly of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;[#Or “sons”]
17the descendants of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three;[#Or “sons”]
18the descendants of Jorah, one hundred and twelve;[#Or “sons”]
19the descendants of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three;[#Or “sons”]
20the descendants of Gibbar, ninety-five;[#Or “sons”]
21the people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three;[#Or “sons”]
22the men of Netophah, fifty-six;
23the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;
24the people of Azmaveth, forty-two;[#Or “sons”]
25the people of Kiriath Αrim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;[#Or “sons”]
26the people of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;[#Or “sons”]
27the men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two;
28the men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three;
29the people of Nebo, fifty-two;[#Or “sons”]
30the people of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six;[#Or “sons”]
31the people of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;[#Or “sons”]
32the people of Harim, three hundred and twenty;[#Or “sons”]
33the people of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five;[#Or “sons”]
34the people of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;[#Or “sons”]
35the people of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.[#Or “sons”]
36The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;[#Or “sons”]
37the descendants of Immer, one thousand fifty-two;[#Or “sons”]
38the descendants of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;[#Or “sons”]
39the descendants of Harim, one thousand seventeen.[#Or “sons”]
40The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, seventy-four.[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
41The singers: the descendants of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.[#Or “sons”]
42The descendants of 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; in total one hundred and thirty-nine.[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
44the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
45the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
46the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shamlai, the descendants of Hanan,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
47the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
48the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
49the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
50the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephisim,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
51the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
52the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
53the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
54the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
55The descendants of Solomon’s servants: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
56the descendants of Jaalah, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
57the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami.[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
58All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.[#Or “sons”]
59Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers’ household and their descent, if they were from Israel:
60the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
61And from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]
62These sought their record in the genealogy records, but they were not found, and were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.[#Literally “they were unclean from the priesthood”]
63The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim.[#Or “most holy things”]
64The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
65apart from their male and female servants, of whom were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers.
66Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules numbered two hundred and forty-five,
67their camels numbered four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys numbered six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68When some of the heads of families came to the house of Yahweh that is in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place.[#Literally “the fathers”]
69According to their ability they gave to the treasury room for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly tunics.
70The priests, the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.