The Organization of Jerusalem
1 And it came to be, when the wall was rebuilt, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and the Lĕwites were appointed.
2 And I put my brother Ḥanani in command of Yerushalayim, and Ḥananyah the head of the palace, for he was a trustworthy man and feared Elohim more than many.
3 And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Yerushalayim be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are standing by, let them shut the doors and bolt them. And appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”
4 And the city was wide on both sides and great, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.
The Plan Put into Nehemiah's Heart
5 And my Elohim put it into my heart to gather the nobles, and the deputy rulers, and the people, in order to be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up at the beginning, and I found written in it:
6 These are the sons of the province who came back from the captivity of the exiles whom Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar the sovereign of Baḇel had exiled, and who returned to Yerushalayim and Yehuḏah, each to his city,
7 who came with Zerubbaḇel, Yĕshua, Neḥemyah, Azaryah, Ra‛amyah, Naḥamani, Mordeḵai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Biḡwai, Neḥum, Ba‛anah. The number of the men of the people of Yisra’ĕl:
8 sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
9 sons of Shephatyah, three hundred and seventy-two;
10 sons of Araḥ, six hundred and fifty-two;
11 sons of Paḥath-Mo’aḇ, of the sons of Yĕshua and Yo’aḇ, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;
12 sons of Ěylam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
13 sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;
14 sons of Zakkai, seven hundred and sixty;
15 sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;
16 sons of Bĕḇai, six hundred and twenty-eight;
17 sons of Azgaḏ, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;
18 sons of Aḏoniqam, six hundred and sixty-seven;
19 sons of Biḡwai, two thousand and sixty-seven;
20 sons of Aḏin, six hundred and fifty-five;
21 sons of Atĕr of Ḥizqiyah, ninety-eight;
22 sons of Ḥashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;
23 sons of Bĕtsai, three hundred and twenty-four;
24 sons of Ḥariph, one hundred and twelve;
25 sons of Giḇ‛on, ninety-five;
26 men of Bĕyth Leḥem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;
27 men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;
28 men of Bĕyth Azmaweth, forty-two;
29 men of Qiryath Ye‛arim, Kephirah, and Be’ĕroth, seven hundred and forty-three;
30 men of Ramah and Geḇa, six hundred and twenty-one;
31 men of Miḵmas, one hundred and twenty-two;
32 men of Bĕyth Ěl and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;
33 men of the other Neḇo, fifty-two;
34 sons of the other Ěylam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
35 sons of Ḥarim, three hundred and twenty;
36 sons of Yeriḥo, three hundred and forty-five;
37 sons of Loḏ, Ḥaḏiḏ, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;
38 sons of Sena’ah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 The priests: sons of Yeḏayah, of the house of Yĕshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;
40 sons of Immĕr, one thousand and fifty-two;
41 sons of Pashḥur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
42 sons of Ḥarim, one thousand and seventeen.
43 The Lĕwites: sons of Yĕshua, of Qaḏmi’ĕl, of the sons of Hoḏewah, seventy-four.
44 The singers: sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.
45 The gatekeepers: sons of Shallum, sons of Atĕr, sons of Talmon, sons of Aqquḇ, sons of Ḥatita, sons of Shoḇai, one hundred and thirty-eight.
46 The Nethinim: sons of Tsiḥa, sons of Ḥasupha, sons of Tabba‛oth,
47 sons of Qĕyros, sons of Si‛a, sons of Paḏon,
48 sons of Leḇanah, sons of Ḥaḡaḇa, sons of Salmai,
49 sons of Ḥanan, sons of Giddĕl, sons of Gaḥar,
50 sons of Re’ayah, sons of Retsin, sons of Neqoḏa,
51 sons of Gazzam, sons of Uzza, sons of Pasĕaḥ,
52 sons of Bĕsai, sons of Me‛unim, sons of Nephishesim,
53 sons of Baqbuq, sons of Ḥaqupha, sons of Ḥarḥur,
54 sons of Batslith, sons of Meḥiḏa, sons of Ḥarsha,
55 sons of Barqos, sons of Sisera, sons of Temaḥ,
56 sons of Netsiyaḥ, and sons of Ḥatipha.
57 The sons of Shelomoh’s servants: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Periḏa,
58 sons of Ya‛ala, sons of Darqon, sons of Giddĕl,
59 sons of Shephatyah, sons of Ḥattil, sons of Poḵereth of Tseḇayim, sons of Amon.
60 All the Nethinim, and the sons of Shelomoh’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.
61 And these were the ones who came up from Tĕl Melaḥ, Tĕl Ḥarsha, Keruḇ, Addon, and Immĕr, but they were unable to show their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Yisra’ĕl:
62 sons of Delayah, sons of Toḇiyah, sons of Neqoḏa, six hundred and forty-two.
63 And of the priests: sons of Ḥaḇayah, sons of Qots, sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gil‛aḏite, and was called by their name.
64 These sought their register among those who were counted by genealogy, but it was not found, so they were barred from the priesthood as defiled.
65 And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most set-apart gifts until a priest stood up with the Urim and Tummim.
66 All the assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
67 besides their male and female servants, these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.
68 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,
69 camels four hundred and thirty-five, donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Gifts of the Remnant for the Work
70 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.
71 Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas.
72 And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.
73 So the priests, and the Lĕwites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Yisra’ĕl dwelt in their cities.