1These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included: 3Parosh's descendants2,172 4Shephatiah's descendants372 5Arah's descendants775 6Pahath-moab's descendants: Jeshua's and Joab's descendants2,812 7Elam's descendants1,254 8Zattu's descendants945 9Zaccai's descendants760 10Bani's descendants642 11Bebai's descendants623 12Azgad's descendants1,222 13Adonikam's descendants666 14Bigvai's descendants2,056 15Adin's descendants454 16Ater's descendants: of Hezekiah98 17Bezai's descendants323 18Jorah's descendants112 19Hashum's descendants223 20Gibbar's descendants95 21Bethlehem's people123 22Netophah's men56 23Anathoth's men128 24Azmaveth's people42 25Kiriatharim's, Chephirah's, and Beeroth's people743 26Ramah's and Geba's people621 27Michmas's men122 28Bethel's and Ai's men223 29Nebo's people52 30Magbish's people156 31the other Elam's people1,254 32Harim's people320 33Lod's, Hadid's, and Ono's people725 34Jericho's people345 35Senaah's people3,630

36The priests included: Jedaiah's descendants of the house of Jeshua973 37Immer's descendants1,052 38Pashhur's descendants1,247 39and Harim's descendants1,017

40The Levites included: Jeshua's and Kadmiel's descendants from Hodaviah's descendants74 41The singers included: Asaph's descendants128 42The gatekeepers' descendants included: Shallum's descendants, Ater's descendants, Talmon's descendants, Akkub's descendants, Hatita's descendants, Shobai's descendants, in all139

43The temple servants included: Ziha's descendants, Hasupha's descendants, Tabbaoth's descendants, 44Keros's descendants, Siaha's descendants, Padon's descendants, 45Lebanah's descendants, Hagabah's descendants, Akkub's descendants, 46Hagab's descendants, Shalmai's descendants, Hanan's descendants, 47Giddel's descendants, Gahar's descendants, Reaiah's descendants, 48Rezin's descendants, Nekoda's descendants, Gazzam's descendants, 49Uzza's descendants, Paseah's descendants, Besai's descendants, 50Asnah's descendants, Meunim's descendants, Nephusim's descendants, 51Bakbuk's descendants, Hakupha's descendants, Harhur's descendants, 52Bazluth's descendants, Mehida's descendants, Harsha's descendants, 53Barkos's descendants, Sisera's descendants, Temah's descendants, 54Neziah's descendants, and Hatipha's descendants.

55The descendants of Solomon's servants included: Sotai's descendants, Hassophereth's descendants, Peruda's descendants, 56Jaalah's descendants, Darkon's descendants, Giddel's descendants, 57Shephatiah's descendants, Hattil's descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim's descendants, and Ami's descendants.

58All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants392.

59The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite: 60Delaiah's descendants, Tobiah's descendants, Nekoda's descendants652

61and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai--who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. 62These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

64The whole combined assembly numbered42,360 65not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, and their 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

68After they arrived at the LORD's house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site. 69Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.

70The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.