Nehemiah 7:6-69

6 aThese were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town. 7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, bAzariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8the sons of Parosh, 2,172. 9The sons of Shephatiah, 372. 10The sons of Arah, c652. 11The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818. 12The sons of dElam, 1,254. 13The sons of Zattu, 845. 14The sons of Zaccai, 760. 15The sons of eBinnui, 648. 16The sons of Bebai, 628. 17The sons of Azgad, 2,322. 18The sons of Adonikam, 667. 19The sons of Bigvai, 2,067. 20The sons of Adin, 655. 21The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98. 22The sons of Hashum, 328. 23The sons of fBezai, 324. 24The sons of Hariph, 112. 25The sons of gGibeon, 95. 26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188. 27The men of Anathoth, 128. 28The men hof Beth-azmaveth, 42. 29The men of iKiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. 30The men of Ramah and Geba, 621. 31The men of Michmas, 122. 32The men of Bethel and Ai, 123. 33The men of the other Nebo, 52. 34The sons of jthe other Elam, 1,254. 35The sons of Harim, 320. 36The sons of Jericho, 345. 37The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721. 38The sons of Senaah, 3,930.

39The priests: the sons of kJedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973. 40The sons of lImmer, 1,052. 41The sons of mPashhur, 1,247. 42The sons of nHarim, 1,017.

43The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of oHodevah, 74. 44The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. 45The 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.

46The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, 47the sons of Keros, the sons of pSia, the sons of Padon, 48the sons of Lebana, the sons of qHagaba, the sons of rShalmai, 49the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, 50the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, 51the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, 52the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of sNephushesim, 53the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 54the sons of tBazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, 55the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, 56the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

57The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of uPerida, 58the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 59the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of vAmon.

60All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392.

61 wThe following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, xAddon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathershouses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: 62the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. 63Also, of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). 64These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 yThe zgovernor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.

Totals of People and Gifts

66The whole assembly together was 42,360, 67besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337. And they had 245 singers, male and female. 68Their horses were 736, their mules 245,
Compare Ezra 2:66 and the margins of some Hebrew manuscripts; Hebrew lacks  Their horses . . . 245
69their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.

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