1After the wall had been rebuilt, and I had set up its doors, and the gatekeepers, singers and L'vi'im had been appointed,
2I put my kinsman Hanani in charge of Yerushalayim, along with Hananyah the commander of the citadel. For he was a faithful man, and he feared God more than most.
3I said to them, "The gates of Yerushalayim are not to be opened until the sun is hot; and while the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors; and you, put up the bars. Appoint watchmen from among those living in Yerushalayim; assign each one his time to guard, and have each one serving near his own house."
4The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not been rebuilt.
5My God put it in my heart to assemble the nobles, the leaders and the people, so that they could be registered according to their genealogies. I located the record of the genealogies of those who had come up at the beginning and found written in it:
6"Here is a list of the people of the province who had been exiled, carried off to Bavel by N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel, but who later returned from exile and went up to Yerushalayim and Y'hudah, each to his own city;
7they went with Z'rubavel, Yeshua, Nechemyah, 'Azaryah, Ra'amyah, Nachmani, Mordekhai, Bilshan, Misperet, Bigvai, N'chum and Ba'anah. "The number of men from the people of Isra'el:
8descendants of Par'osh 2,172
9descendants of Sh'fatyah 372
10descendants of Arach 652
11descendants of Pachat-Mo'av, from the descendants of Yeshua and Yo'av 2,818
12descendants of 'Eilam 1,254
13descendants of Zatu 845
14descendants of Zakkai 760
15descendants of Binui 648
16descendants of B'vai 628
17descendants of 'Azgad 2,322
18descendants of Adonikam 667
19descendants of Bigvai 2,067
20descendants of 'Adin 655
21descendants of Ater, of Y'chizkiyah 98
22descendants of Hashum 328
23descendants of Betzai 324
24descendants of Harif 112
25descendants of Giv'on 95
26people of Beit-Lechem and N'tofah 188
27people of 'Anatot 128
28people of Beit-'Azmavet 42
29people of Kiryat-Ye'arim, K'firah and Be'erot 743
30people of Ramah and Geva 621
31people of Mikhmas 122
32people of Beit-El and 'Ai 123
33people from the other N'vo 52
34people from the other 'Eilam 1,254
35descendants of Harim 320
36descendants of Yericho 345
37descendants of Lod, Hadid and Ono 721
38descendants of S'na'ah 3,930
39"The cohanim: descendants of Y'da'yah, of the house of Yeshua 973
40descendants of Immer 1,052
41descendants of Pash'chur 1,247
42descendants of Harim 1,017
43"The L'vi'im: descendants of Yeshua, of Kadmi'el, of the descendants of Hodvah 74
44"The singers: descendants of Asaf 148
45"The gatekeepers: descendants of Shalum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of 'Akuv, descendants of Hatita, and descendants of Shovai 138
46"The temple servants: descendants of Tzicha, descendants of Hasufa, descendants of Taba'ot,
47descendants of Keros, descendants of Si'a, descendants of Padon,
48descendants of L'vanah, descendants of Hagava, descendants of Salmai,
49descendants of Hanan, descendants of Giddel, descendants of Gachar,
50descendants of Re'ayah, descendants of Retzin, descendants of N'koda,
51descendants of Gazam, descendants of 'Uza, descendants of Paseach,
52descendants of Besai, descendants of Me'unim, descendants of N'fish'sim,
53descendants of Bakbuk, descendants of Hakufa, descendants of Harhur, 1138
54descendants of Batzlit, descendants of M'chida, descendants of Harsha,
55descendants of Barkos, descendants of Sisra, descendants of Temach,
56descendants of N'tziach, and descendants of Hatifa.
57"The descendants of Shlomo's servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Soferet, descendants of P'rida,
58descendants of Ya'lah, descendants of Darkon, descendants of Giddel,
59descendants of Sh'fatyah, descendants of Hatil, descendants of Pokheret-Hatzvayim, and descendants of Amon.
60"All the temple servants and the descendants of Shlomo's servants numbered 392
61"The following went up from Tel-Melach, Tel-Harsha, K'ruv, Adon and Immer; but they could not state which fathers' clan they and their children belonged to, [so it was not clear] whether they were from Isra'el:
62descendants of D'layah, descendants of Toviyah, and descendants of N'koda 642
63and of the cohanim: descendants of Havayah, descendants of Hakotz, and descendants of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil'adi and was named after them.
64"These tried to locate their geneaolgical records, but they weren't found. Therefore they were considered defiled and were not allowed to serve as cohanim.
65The Tirshata told them not to eat any of the especially holy food until a cohen appeared who could consult the urim and tumim.
66"The entire assembly numbered 42,360,
67not including their male and female slaves, of whom there were 7,337. They also had 245 male and female singers.
68Their horses numbered 736; their mules, 245;
69their camels, 435; and their donkeys, 6,720.
70"Some from among the heads of fathers' clans made contributions for the work. The Tirshata contributed to the treasury a thousand gold darkmonim [twentyone pounds], fifty basins and 530 tunics for the cohanim.
71Some of the heads of fathers' clans gave into the treasury for the work 20,000 gold darkmonim [420 pounds] and 2,200 silver manim [one-and-a-third tons].
72The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold darkmonim, 2,000 silver manim [about one-and-a-quarter tons] and sixty-seven tunics for the cohanim.
73"So the cohanim, the L'vi'im, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Isra'el lived in their towns."