Nehemiah:7

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* When the building of the wall was complete I put up the doors . The doorkeepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places , * I appointed my brother Hanani , and Hananiah , the ruler of the tower , responsible for the government of Jerusalem . For he was a man of good faith , respecting God more than most . * I said to them : »Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high and when the watchmen are in their places . Shut the doors and lock them . Let the people of Jerusalem be responsible for the watch , every one in his watch near his house .« * The town was large and spacious . But the people in it were only a small number , and the houses had not been built . * My God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people to list them by families . I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first , and in it I saw these words : * These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom , among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar , the king of Babylon , and taken away by him , who went back to Jerusalem and Judah , every one to his town : * They 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 : * The children of Parosh , two thousand , one hundred and seventy-two . * The children of Shephatiah , three hundred and seventy-two . * The children of Arah , six hundred and fifty-two . * The children of Pahath-moab , of the children of Jeshua and Joab , two thousand , eight hundred and eighteen . * The children of Elam , a thousand , two hundred and fifty-four . * The children of Zattu , eight hundred and forty-five . * The children of Zaccai , seven hundred and sixty . * The children of Binnui , six hundred and forty-eight . * The children of Bebai , six hundred and twenty-eight . * The children of Azgad , two thousand , three hundred and twenty-two . * The children of Adonikam , six hundred and sixty-seven . * The children of Bigvai , two thousand and sixty-seven . * The children of Adin , six hundred and fifty-five . * The children of Ater , of Hezekiah , ninety-eight . * The children of Hashum , three hundred and twenty-eight . * The children of Bezai , three hundred and twenty-four . * The children of Hariph , a hundred and twelve . * The children of Gibeon , ninety-five . * The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah , a hundred and eighty-eight . * The men of Anathoth , a hundred and twenty-eight . * The men of Beth-azmaveth , forty-two . * The men of Kiriath-jearim , Chephirah , and Beeroth , seven hundred and forty-three . * The men of Ramah and Geba , six hundred and twenty-one . * The men of Michmas , a hundred and twenty-two . * The men of Beth-el and Ai , a hundred and twenty-three . * The men of the other Nebo , fifty-two . * The children of the other Elam , a thousand , two hundred and fifty-four . * The children of Harim , three hundred and twenty . * The children of Jericho , three hundred and forty-five . * The children of Lod , Hadid , and Ono , seven hundred and twenty-one . * The children of Senaah , three thousand , nine hundred and thirty . * The priests : the children of Jedaiah , of the family of Jeshua , nine hundred and seventy-three . * The children of Immer , a thousand and fifty-two . * The children of Pashhur , a thousand , two hundred and forty-seven . * The children of Harim , a thousand and seventeen . * The Levites : the children of Jeshua , of Kadmiel , of the children of Hodevah , seventy-four . * The music-makers : the children of Asaph , a hundred and forty-eight . * The gate-keepers : the children of Shallum , the children of Ater , the children of Talmon , the children of Akkub , the children of Hatita , the children of Shobai , a hundred and thirty-eight . * The Nethinim : the children of Ziha , the children of Hasupha , the children of Tabbaoth , * The children of Keros , the children of Sia , the children of Padon , * The children of Lebana , the children of Hagaba , the children of Salmai , * The children of Hanan , the children of Giddel , the children of Gahar , * The children of Reaiah , the children of Rezin , the children of Nekoda , * The children of Gazzam , the children of Uzza , the children of Paseah , * The children of Besai , the children of Meunim , the children of Nephushesim , * The children of Bakbuk , the children of Hakupha , the children of Harhur , * The children of Bazlith , the children of Mehida , the children of Harsha , * The children of Barkos , the children of Sisera , the children of Temah , * The children of Neziah , the children of Hatipha . * The children of Solomon 's servants : the children of Sotai , the children of Sophereth , the children of Perida , * The children of Jaala , the children of Darkon , the children of Giddel , * The children of Shephatiah , the children of Hattil , the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim , the children of Amon . * All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon 's servants were three hundred and ninety-two . * All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah , Tel-harsha , Cherub , Addon , and Immer ; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers ' families or offspring , it was not certain if they were Israelites : * The children of Delaiah , the children of Tobiah , the children of Nekoda , six hundred and forty-two . * And of the priests : the children of Hobaiah , the children of Hakkoz , the children of Barzillai , who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite , and took their name . * They searched for their record among the lists of families , but their names were nowhere to be seen , so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests . * And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food , till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim . * The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand , three hundred and sixty . * As well as their men-servants and their women-servants , of whom there were seven thousand , three hundred and thirty-seven . They had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music . * They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses , two hundred and forty-five transport beasts . * They also had four hundred and thirty-five camels , six thousand , seven hundred and twenty asses . * Some of the heads of families gave money for the work . The Tirshatha gave to the store a thousand darics of gold , fifty basins , and five hundred and thirty priests ' robes . * Some of the heads of families gave to the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold , and two thousand , two hundred pounds of silver . * That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold , and two thousand pounds of silver , and sixty-seven priests ' robes . * The priests , Levites , gatekeepers , singers , some of the people and the Nethinim , and all Israel , were living in their towns . When the seventh months arrived , the sons of Israel were then in their cities .

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