1Then when the wall was built and the doors stood and the door posts were set up, and the doors were perfected, and the Ministers and the Levites 2I commanded Khanani my brother, and KhananYah, Governor of the palace of Jerusalem, because he was an upright man and was in awe of God and departed from what is evil 3And I said to them: “The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened until the day has risen high, and while the day remains the gates shall be fastened and they shall be secured, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall appoint a guard, a man for its guard, and each man next to his house.

4And the city was great and was wide, and few people were within it, and there were no houses built for them.

5And my God put into my heart and I gathered the Nobles and the Rulers of the people and their families, and I found the scroll of the tribes who came up with it at the first, and I found what was written in it.

6These are the children of the city who came up from the captivity of the captives whom Nebukadnetsar King of Babel took captive, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Yehuda, each man to his town 7Who came up with Zurbabel: Yeshua, Nekhamyah, and Azaryah, and Aramyah, and Nakhmayel, Murdacai, and Belishan, and Maspruth, and Bagway, and Nakhum, and Baana; the number of the men of the people of Israel. 8The children of Parash, two thousand and one hundred and seventy and two. 9The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy and two. 10The children of Arakhi, six hundred and fifty and two. 11The children of Shultan: Moab of the children of Yeshua and Yuab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 12The children of Ilam, one thousand and two hundred and fifty and four. 13The children of Zathyah, eight hundred and fifty and four. 14The children of Zakkai, seven hundred and sixty. 15The children of Bani, six hundred and forty and four. 16The children of Baki, six hundred and twenty and eight. 17The children of Azgar, two thousand and three hundred and twenty and two. 18The children of Arnequm, six hundred and sixty and seven. 19The children of Bagway, two thousand and sixty and seven. 20The children of Adun, six hundred and fifty and five. 21The children of Atar of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 22The children of Kheshum, three hundred and twenty and eight. 23The children of Bezi, three hundred and twenty and four. 24The children of Khuram, a hundred and twelve. 25The children of Gebun, ninety and five. 26The men of Beyth Lekhem and Nutphah, a hundred and eighty and eight. 27The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty and eight. 28The men of Beyth Armuth, forty and two. 29The men of Beyth Narayn and Kephira and Bereuth, seven hundred and forty and three. 30The men of Gebah and Ramtha, seven hundred and twenty and one. 31The men of Mekmas, a hundred and twenty and two. 32The men of Beyth Eil and Ai, a hundred and twenty and three. 33The men of Nabu, fifty and two. 34Those of Beith Ilam, one thousand and two hundred and fifty and four. 35The children of Kharam, three hundred and twenty. 36The children of Yerikho, three hundred and forty and five. 37The children of Lud and Uno, seven hundred and twenty and one. 38The children of Senaah, three thousand and nine hundred and thirty.

39The Priests, the sons of Yedaia, of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred and seventy and three. 40The children of Amir, one thousand and fifty and two. 41The children of Pashkhur, one thousand and two hundred and forty and seven. 42The children of Khedum, one thousand and seventeen.

43The Levites, the children of Yeshua of Qadmayel, of the children of Hudia, seventy and four. 44The Ministers, the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty and eight. 45And the Gatekeepers, the children of Shallum, the children of Atar, the children of Altman, the children of Aquph, the children of Khetuta, the children of Shebbi, a hundred and thirty and eight.

46The men, the children of Atskha, the children of Kheshupha, the children of Tabuth 47The children of Qaras, the children of Shia, the children of Parun 48The children of Lebnah, the children of Khagba, the children of Shalmi 49The children of Khanani, the children of Adda, the children of Khagar 50The children of Anah, the children of Itsuun, the children of Dequrah 51The children of Gazam, the children of Ada, the children of Pesi 52The children of Besi, the children of Mathnim, the children of Nephusin 53The children of Baqbuq, the children of Khequpha, the children of Kharkhur 54The children of Batsluth, the children of Mekhadyah, the children of Kharsha 55The children of Bezuq, the children of Sisra, the children of Tamna 56The children of Netsyakh, the children of Khetupha

57The children of the Servants of Solomon, the children of Seti, the children of Sephereth, the children of Pruyah 58The children of Ella, the children of Darun, the children of Gadal 59The children of Shephatiah, the children of Nekhatyah, the children of Kebruth, the children of Tsubin, the children of Amun.

60All the Nethanites and the children of the Servants of Solomon, three hundred and ninety and two.

61These who came up from Telmalkha to Telabah and to Kurab, these spoke and they could not show the generations of their fathers and their seed, except that they were from Israel. 62The children of Beni, the children of Delayah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Dequrah, six hundred and forty and two.

63And of the Priests: the sons of KhananYah, the sons of Haquts, the sons of Barzali who took a wife from the daughters of Barzali the Galadite, and he was called by their name. 64These looked in the scroll of their tribes, and they did not find them, and they removed them from the priesthood. 65And the Elders of the Priests told them that they may not eat of the Holy of Holies until the High Priest would arise and would inquire and he would see.

66All of the assembly together was fortytwo thousand four hundred and seventy. 67Outside of their Man Servants and their Maid Servants, there were seven thousand three hundred thirtythree, all the Male Ministers and the Female Ministers, two hundred fortyfive. 68The Peshitta omits this verse. 69Four hundred and thirty and five camels, six thousand and seven hundred and twenty donkeys.

70And some of the Chiefs of the fathers who gave to the work of the house: The Elders of the Priests gave to the house of treasure one thousand gold darics, fifty bowls, five hundred and thirty coats for the Priests. 71And some Chiefs of fathers gave to the treasury of the service twenty thousand gold darics, two thousand two hundred silver minas. 72And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand gold darics, and two thousand silver minas, and sixtyseven garments to the Priests.

73And the Priests and the Levites and the Porters and the Ministers and some of the people and the Nethanites and all Israel returned to their cities, and when the seventh month arrived and the children of Israel were in their cities