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Nehemiah 7:1-73 — The List of Exiles Who Returned

Neh.7.1-73

¹Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed. ²And I put my brother Hanani and Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, in charge over Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. ³And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. While they are still standing guard, let them shut the doors and bar them. And appoint watches from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his watch and each opposite his own house.” ⁴Now the city was broad and large, but the people within it were few, and the houses had not been rebuilt. ⁵Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people, to be registered by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who had come up at the first, and I found written in it: ⁶These are the sons of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. ⁷They 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: ⁸the sons of Parosh, 2,172; ⁹the sons of Shephatiah, 372; ¹⁰the sons of Arah, 652; ¹¹the sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818; ¹²the sons of Elam, 1,254; ¹³the sons of Zattu, 845; ¹⁴the sons of Zaccai, 760; ¹⁵the sons of Binnui, 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, of Hezekiah, 98; ²²the sons of Hashum, 328; ²³the sons of Bezai, 324; ²⁴the sons of Hariph, 112; ²⁵the sons of Gibeon, 95; ²⁶the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188; ²⁷the men of Anathoth, 128; ²⁸the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42; ²⁹the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; ³⁰the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; ³¹the men of Michmash, 122; ³²the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; ³³the men of the other Nebo, 52; ³⁴the sons of the 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 Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973; ⁴⁰the sons of Immer, 1,052; ⁴¹the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; ⁴²the sons of Harim, 1,017. ⁴³The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, 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, and the sons of Shobai, 138. ⁴⁶The Nethinim : the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth; ⁴⁷the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon; ⁴⁸the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Shalmai; 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 Nephishesim; ⁵³the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur; ⁵⁴the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha; ⁵⁵the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah; ⁵⁶the sons of Neziah and the sons of Hatipha. ⁵⁷The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida; 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, and the sons of Amon. ⁶⁰All the Nethinim and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. ⁶¹And these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to declare their fathers' house or their offspring, whether they were of Israel: ⁶²the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 642. ⁶³And from the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. ⁶⁴These sought their record among those enrolled by genealogy, but it was not found, so they were excluded from the priesthood. ⁶⁵And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest should stand up with Urim and Thummim . ⁶⁶The whole assembly together was 42,360, ⁶⁷besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male singers and female singers. ⁶⁸Their horses were 736, and their mules 245; ⁶⁹their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720. ⁷⁰And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priests' garments. ⁷¹And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. ⁷²And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments. ⁷³So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel lived in their cities. And when the seventh month arrived, the sons of Israel were in their cities.

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4/11/2026

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