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Census of First Returned Exiles
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
After the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
I gave the responsibility of governing Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, for he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”
I said to them, “Do not leave the gates open during the hottest part of the day.a And even while the gatekeepers are on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint the residents of Jerusalem to act as guards, everyone on a regular watch. Some will serve at sentry posts and some in front of their own homes.”
Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built.
Nehemiah Registers the People
At that time the city was large and spacious, but the population was small, and none of the houses had been rebuilt.
Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record:
So my God gave me the idea to call together all the nobles and leaders of the city, along with the ordinary citizens, for registration. I had found the genealogical record of those who had first returned to Judah. This is what was written there:
These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,
Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number of men of the people of Israel:
The number of men of the people of Israel:
the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818;
The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab)2,818
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;
The people of Kiriath-jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth743
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;
These are the priests who returned from exile:
| The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua) | 973 |
The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, 74.
The 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, 138.
The gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai138
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
The descendants of the following Temple servants returned from exile:
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,
the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.
All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392.
In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
These were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel:
the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642.
This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda — a total of 642 people.
Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was named after them.
Three families of priests — Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai — also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)
These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood.
They searched for their names in the genealogical records, but they were not found, so they were disqualified from serving as priests.
The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.
The governor told them not to eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim — the sacred lots.
Total of People and Gifts
The whole assembly together was 42,360,
So a total of 42,360 people returned to Judah,
besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.
in addition to 7,337 servants and 245 singers, both men and women.
Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.
Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.
That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests’ garments.
Now the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Israel, lived in their cities.
And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.
And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.