The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Nehemiah 07
1 Now when the wall was built and I
had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers
and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 Iput my brother Hanani, and Hananiah
the governor of the fortress, in charge of
Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and
feared God above many.
3 I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of
Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot;
and while they stand guard, let them shut
the doors, and you bar them; and appoint
watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
everyone in his watch, with everyone near
his house.”
4 Now the city was wide and large;
but the people were few therein, and the
houses were not built.
5 My God put into my heart to gather
together the nobles, and the rulers, and the
people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of
those who came up at the first, and I found
this written in it:
6 These are the children of the province
who went up out of the captivity of those
who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had
carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem
and to Judah, everyone to his city,
7 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua,
Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of
Israel:
8 The children of Parosh: two thousand
one hundred seventy-two.
9 The children of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy-two.
10 The children of Arah: six hundred
fifty-two.
11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the
children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand eight hundred eighteen.
12 The children of Elam: one thousand
two hundred fifty-four.
13 The children of Zattu: eight hundred
forty-five.
14The children of Zaccai: seven hundred
sixty.
15 The children of Binnui: six hundred
forty-eight.
16 The children of Bebai: six hundred
twenty-eight.
17 The children of Azgad: two thousand
three hundred twenty-two.
18 The children of Adonikam: six hundred sixty-seven.
19 The children of Bigvai: two thousand
sixty-seven.
20 The children of Adin: six hundred
fifty-five.
21 The children of Ater: of Hezekiah,
ninety-eight.
22 The children of Hashum: three hundred twenty-eight.
23 The children of Bezai: three hundred
twenty-four.
24 The children of Hariph: one hundred
twelve.
25 The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah:
one hundred eighty-eight.
27 The men of Anathoth: one hundred
twenty-eight.
28 The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
29 The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah,
and Beeroth: seven hundred fortythree.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
31 The men of Michmas: one hundred
twenty-two.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three.
33 The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
34 The children of the other Elam: one
thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35 The children of Harim: three hundred
twenty.
36 The children of Jericho: three hundred forty-five.
37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono:
seven hundred twenty-one.
38 The children of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred thirty.
39 The priests: The children of Jedaiah,
of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred
seventy-three.
40 The children of Immer: one thousand
fifty-two.
41 The children of Pashhur: one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
42 The children of Harim: one thousand
seventeen.
43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of
Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah:
seventy-four.
44 The singers: the children of Asaph:
one hundred forty-eight.
45 The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of
Ater, the children of Talmon,the children of Akkub,
the children of Hatita, the children of
Shobai: one hundred thirty-eight.
46 The temple servants: the children of
Ziha,the children of Hasupha,the children
of Tabbaoth,
47 the children of Keros, the children of
Sia, the children of Padon,
48 the children of Lebana, the children of
Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49 the children of Hanan, the children of
Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 the children of Reaiah, the children of
Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 the children of Gazzam, the children
of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
52 the children of Besai, the children of
Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
53 the children of Bakbuk, the children of
Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 the children of Bazlith, the children of
Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 the children of Barkos, the children of
Sisera, the children of Temah,
56 the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.
57 The children of Solomon’s servants:
the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 the children of Jaala, the children of
Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth
Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon.
60 All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three
hundred ninety-two.
61 These were those who went up from
Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon,
and Immer; but they could not show
their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring,†
whether they were of Israel:
62 The children of Delaiah, the children
of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six
hundred forty-two.
63 Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah,
the children of Hakkoz, the children
of Barzillai, who took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite,
and was called after their name.
64 These searched for their genealogical
records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and
removed from the priesthood.
65 The governor told them not to eat of
the most holy things until a priest stood up
to minister with Urim and Thummim.
66 The whole assembly together was
forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
67 in addition to their male servants and
their female servants, of whom there were
seven thousand three hundred thirtyseven.
They had two hundred forty-five
singing men and singing women.
68 Their horses were seven hundred
thirty-six; their mules, two hundred fortyfive;
69 their camels, four hundred thirty-five;
their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
70 Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The
governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold,‡ fifty basins, and five
hundred thirty priests’ garments.
71 Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work
twenty thousand darics of gold, and two
thousand two hundred minas§ of silver.
72 That which the rest of the people gave
was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus
two thousand minas of silver, and sixtyseven priests’ garments.
73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people,
the temple servants, and all Israel lived in
their cities. When the seventh month had come, the
children of Israel were in their cities.