Nehemiah 7
Nehemiah instructed the gatekeepers to close the gates of Jerusalem until the sun was hot and stationed guards from the inhabitants of the city. The city was large but had few people and many unbuilt houses. Nehemiah gathered the nobles, magistrates, and common people to enroll them and found a book of the census of those who first returned from captivity. The census listed the number of men from various families and tribes, including priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singing men, and temple servants. The total number of people was 42,360, aside from their servants, and they had horses, mules, camels, and donkeys. The leaders of the families and the people gave to the treasury of the work, donating gold, silver, and priestly garments.
Then, after the wall was built, and I set up the double doors, and I enrolled the gatekeepers, and the singing men, and the LevitesI instructed Hanani, my brother, and Hananiah, the leader of the house of Jerusalem, (for he seemed to be a truthful man, fearing God more than the others,and I said to them: "Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot." And while they were standing there, the gates were closed and barred. And I stationed guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each one in his turn, and each one opposite his own houseNow the city was great and very wide, and the people in its midst were few, and the houses were not yet builtBut God had given to my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the magistrates, and the common people, so that I might enroll them. And I found a book of the census of those who first went up, and in it there was found writtenThese are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity of the transmigration, those whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had taken away, and who returned into Jerusalem and Judea, each one to his own cityThey arrived with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of IsraelThe sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-twoThe sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-twoThe sons of Arah, six hundred fifty-twoThe sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and of Joab, two thousand eight hundred eighteenThe sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-fourThe sons of Zattu, eight hundred forty-fiveThe sons of Zaccai, seven hundred sixtyThe sons of Binnui, six hundred forty-eightThe sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eightThe sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-twoThe sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-sevenThe sons of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-sevenThe sons of Adin, six hundred fifty-fiveThe sons of Ater, sons of Hezekiah, ninety-eightThe sons of Hashum, three hundred twenty-eightThe sons of Bezai, three hundred twenty-fourThe sons of Hariph, one hundred twelveThe sons of Gibeon, ninety-fiveThe sons of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eightThe men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eightThe men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-twoThe men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-threeThe men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-oneThe men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-twoThe men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-threeThe men of the other Nebo, fifty-twoThe men of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-fourThe sons of Harim, three hundred twentyThe sons of Jericho, three hundred forty-fiveThe sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-oneThe sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirtyThe priests: the sons of Jedaiah in the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-threeThe sons of Immer, one thousand fifty-twoThe sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-sevenThe sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, the sonof Hodaviah, seventy-four. The singing menthe sons of Asaph, one hundred forty-eightThe gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eightThe temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoththe sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Shalmaithe sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gaharthe sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekodathe sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseahthe sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusimthe sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhurthe sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harshathe sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temahthe sons of Neziah, the sons of HatiphaThe sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peridathe sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddelthe sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth, who was born from Hazzebaim, the son of AmonAll the temple servants and the sons of the servants of Solomon, three hundred ninety-twoNow these are the ones who ascended from Telmelah, Telharsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; and they were not able to indicate the house of their fathers and their offspring, whether they were of Israelthe sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty-twoand among the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai, a Gileadite, and he was called by their nameThese sought their writing in the census, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthoodAnd the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until a priest would stand up who was learned and skillfulThe entire multitude, which was like one man, was forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyaside from their men and women servants, who were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven, and among them were singing men and singing women, two hundred forty-fiveTheir horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their were mules two hundred forty-fiveTheir camels were four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys were six thousand seven hundred twentyNow several of the leaders of the families gave to the work. The cupbearer gave to the treasury one thousand drachmas of gold, fifty bowls, and five hundred thirty priestly garmentsAnd some of the leaders of the families gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silverAnd what the remainder of the people gave was twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priestly garmentsNow the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singing men, and the rest of the common people, and the temple servants, and all of Israel dwelt in their own cities
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