Through My Bible Yr 2 – July 26

Nehemiah 7

¹ After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed. ² I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with ^[a] Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most men do. ³I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.”

The List of the Exiles Who Returned

⁴ Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. ⁵So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:

⁶ These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, ⁷ in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah):
The list of the men of Israel:

⁸the descendants of Parosh 2,172

⁹of Shephatiah 372

¹⁰of Arah 652

¹¹of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,818

¹²of Elam 1,254

¹³of Zattu 845

¹⁴of Zaccai 760

¹⁵of Binnui 648

¹⁶of Bebai 628

¹⁷of Azgad 2,322

¹⁸of Adonikam 667

¹⁹of Bigvai 2,067

²⁰of Adin 655

²¹of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98

²²of Hashum 328

²³of Bezai 324

²⁴of Hariph 112

²⁵of Gibeon 95

²⁶the men of Bethlehem and Netophah 188

²⁷of Anathoth 128

²⁸of Beth Azmaveth 42

²⁹of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743

³⁰of Ramah and Geba 621

³¹of Micmash 122

³²of Bethel and Ai 123

³³of the other Nebo 52

³⁴of the other Elam 1,254

³⁵of Harim 320

³⁶of Jericho 345

³⁷of Lod, Hadid and Ono 721

³⁸of Senaah 3,930

³⁹ The priests:
the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973

⁴⁰of Immer 1,052

⁴¹of Pashhur 1,247

⁴²of Harim 1,017

⁴³ The Levites:
the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah) 74

⁴⁴ The singers:
the descendants of Asaph 148

⁴⁵ The gatekeepers:
the descendants of
Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 138

⁴⁶ The temple servants:
the descendants of
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

⁴⁷Keros, Sia, Padon,

⁴⁸Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,

⁴⁹Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,

⁵⁰Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,

⁵¹Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,

⁵²Besai, Meunim, Nephussim,

⁵³Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

⁵⁴Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

⁵⁵Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

⁵⁶Neziah and Hatipha

⁵⁷ The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
the descendants of
Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,

⁵⁸Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

⁵⁹ Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Amon

⁶⁰The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392

⁶¹The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

⁶² the descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 642

⁶³ And from among the priests:
the descendants of
Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

⁶⁴ These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. ⁶⁵The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

⁶⁶ The whole company numbered 42,360, ⁶⁷ besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 245 men and women singers. ⁶⁸ There were 736 horses, 245 mules, ^[b]69435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

⁷⁰ Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 drachmas ^[c] of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. ⁷¹ Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 drachmas ^[d] of gold and 2,200 minas ^[e] of silver. ⁷² The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 drachmas of gold, 2,000 minas ^[f]of silver and 67 garments for priests.

⁷³ The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.

Footnotes:

1. Nehemiah 7:2 Or Hanani, that is ,
2. Nehemiah 7:68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66 most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse.
3. Nehemiah 7:70 That is, about 19 pounds (about 8.5 kilograms)
4. Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 375 pounds (about 170 kilograms also in verse 72
5. Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons (about 1.2 metric tons)
6. Nehemiah 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons (about 1.1 metric tons)

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.