Naham'Yahu (Nehemiah) — 7

List of Returning Exiles

1 Then it was, when the wall was built and I had hung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Lauym had been appointed, 

2 that I gave the charge of Yahushalam to my brother Hanani, and Hananyahu the leader of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and he feared our 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH more than many.

3 And I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Yahushalam be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut and bar the doors; and appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Yahushalam, one at his watch station and another in front of his own house.” 

The Captives Who Returned to Yahushalam 

4 Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt. 

5 Then my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:

6 These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nabuchadnazzar the king of Babylun had carried away, and who returned to Yahushalam and Yahudah, everyone to his city.

7 Those who came with Zarubbabal were Yashua, Nahamyahu, Azaryahu, Raamyah, Nahamani, Murdacai, Bilshan, Misparathu, Bigbai, Nahum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Yashar'AL: 

8 the sons of Parush, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

9 the sons of Shaphatyahu, three hundred and seventy-two;

10 the sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two;

11 the sons of Pahath-Muab, of the sons of Yashua and Yuab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;

12 the sons of Alam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

13 the sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;

14 the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

15 the sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;

16 the sons of Babai, six hundred and twenty-eight;

17 the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;

18 the sons of Adunikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;

19 the sons of Bigbai, two thousand and sixty-seven;

20 the sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;

21 the sons of Atar of Hazakyahu, ninety-eight;

22 the sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;

23 the sons of Bazai, three hundred and twenty-four;

24 the sons of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;

25 the sons of Gibaun, ninety-five;

26 the men of Bathlaham and Natuphah, one hundred and eighty-eight;

27 the men of Anathuth, one hundred and twenty-eight;

28 the men of Bath Azmabath, forty-two;

29 the men of Kiryath Yearim, Chaphirah, and Baaruth, seven hundred and forty-three;

30 the men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty-one;

31 the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;

32 the men of Bathal and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;

33 the men of the other Nabu, fifty-two;

34 the sons of the other Alam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

35 the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

36 the sons of Yarichu, three hundred and forty-five;

37 the sons of Lud, Hadid, and Unu, seven hundred and twenty-one;

38 the sons of Sanaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

39 The Kuhanym: the sons of Yadayahu, of the house of Yashua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

40 the sons of Immar, one thousand and fifty-two;

41 the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

42 the sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.

43 The Lauym: the sons of Yashua, of Kadmial, and of the sons of Hudabah, seventy-four.

44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

45 The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Atar, the sons of Talmun, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shubai, one hundred and thirty-eight.

46 The Nethinim: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbauth,

47 the sons of Karus, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padun,

48 the sons of Labana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Salmai,

49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddal, the sons of Gahar,

50 the sons of Raayah, the sons of Razin, the sons of Nakuda,

51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Pasaah,

52 the sons of Basai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Naphishasim,

53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

54 the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mahida, the sons of Harsha,

55 the sons of Barkus, the sons of Sisara, the sons of Tamah,

56 the sons of Nazyahu, and the sons of Hatipha.

57 The sons of Shalumah’s servants: the sons of Sutai, the sons of Supharath, the sons of Parida,

58 the sons of Yaala, the sons of Darkun, the sons of Giddal,

59 the sons of Shaphatyahu, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pucharath of Zebaim, and the sons of Amon.

60 All the Nathinim, and the sons of Shalumah’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.

61 And these were the ones who came up from Tal Malah, Tal Harsha, Charub, Addun, and Immar, but they could not identify their father’s house nor their lineage, whether they were of Yashar'AL: 

62 the sons of Dalayahu, the sons of Tubyahu, the sons of Nakuda, six hundred and forty-two;

63 and of the Kuhanym: the sons of Habayahu, the sons of Kuz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gilaadite, and was called by their name.

64 These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the Kuhanym as defiled. 

65 And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most Qadash things till a Kuhan could consult with the Urim and Thummim.

66 Altogether the whole assembly was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

67 besides their male and female servants, of whom there 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 their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

70 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave 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 that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven Kuhanym garments.

73 So the Kuhanym, the Lauym, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nathinim, and all Yashar'AL dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the children of Yashar'AL were in their cities.