Nehemiah 7

1Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,Cross-references: 1Chr 23:1 · 1Chr 25:1 · 2Chr 31:2 · Ezra 3:8 · Neh 3:1 · Neh 6:1 · +4 more

2I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.Cross-references: Gen 42:18 · Ex 18:21 · Num 12:7 · 2Sam 23:3 · 1Ki 18:3 · 1Ki 18:12 · +14 more

3I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them; and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”Cross-references: Neh 3:23 · Neh 3:28 · Neh 13:19 · Ps 127:1 · Matt 10:16

4Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.Cross-references: Isa 58:12 · Hag 1:4 · Matt 6:33

5My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:Cross-references: 1Chr 9:1 · Ezra 2:62 · Ezra 7:27 · Neh 5:19 · Neh 6:14 · Neh 7:64 · +6 more

6These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city,Cross-references: 2Ki 24:14 · 2Ki 25:11 · 2Chr 36:1 · Ezra 2:1 · Ezra 5:8 · Ezra 6:2 · +2 more

7who 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:Cross-references: Ezra 2:2 · Ezra 3:8 · Ezra 5:2 · Neh 2:2 · Neh 12:1 · Neh 12:3 · +6 more

8The children of Parosh: two thousand one hundred seventy-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:3 · Ezra 8:3 · Neh 10:14 · Neh 10:25

9The children of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:4 · Ezra 8:8

10The children of Arah: six hundred fifty-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:5 · Neh 6:18

11The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand eight hundred eighteen.Cross-references: Ezra 2:6 · Neh 8:4 · Neh 10:14

12The children of Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.Cross-references: Ezra 2:7 · Ezra 8:7 · Ezra 10:26

13The children of Zattu: eight hundred forty-five.Cross-references: Ezra 2:8

14The children of Zaccai: seven hundred sixty.Cross-references: Ezra 2:9

15The children of Binnui: six hundred forty-eight.Cross-references: Ezra 2:10

16The children of Bebai: six hundred twenty-eight.Cross-references: Ezra 2:11

17The children of Azgad: two thousand three hundred twenty-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:12

18The children of Adonikam: six hundred sixty-seven.Cross-references: Ezra 2:13

19The children of Bigvai: two thousand sixty-seven.Cross-references: Ezra 2:14

20The children of Adin: six hundred fifty-five.Cross-references: Ezra 2:15

21The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.Cross-references: Ezra 2:16

22The children of Hashum: three hundred twenty-eight.Cross-references: Ezra 2:19

23The children of Bezai: three hundred twenty-four.Cross-references: Ezra 2:17

24The children of Hariph: one hundred twelve.Cross-references: Ezra 2:18

25The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.Cross-references: Ezra 2:20

26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.Cross-references: Ezra 2:21

27The men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight.Cross-references: Ezra 2:23 · Isa 10:30 · Jer 1:1 · Jer 11:21

28The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:24

29The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three.Cross-references: Josh 9:17 · Josh 18:25 · Judg 18:12 · Ezra 2:25

30The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.Cross-references: Josh 18:24 · Ezra 2:26

31The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.Cross-references: 1Sam 13:5 · 1Sam 13:23 · Ezra 2:27 · Isa 10:28

32The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three.Cross-references: Josh 8:9 · Josh 8:17 · Ezra 2:28

33The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:29

34The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.Cross-references: Ezra 2:31 · Neh 7:12

35The children of Harim: three hundred twenty.Cross-references: Ezra 2:32 · Ezra 10:31

36The children of Jericho: three hundred forty-five.Cross-references: Ezra 2:34

37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred twenty-one.Cross-references: 1Chr 8:12 · Ezra 2:33 · Neh 6:2 · Neh 11:34

38The children of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred thirty.Cross-references: Ezra 2:35

39The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy-three.Cross-references: 1Chr 24:7 · Ezra 2:36

40The children of Immer: one thousand fifty-two.Cross-references: 1Chr 24:14 · Ezra 2:37

41The children of Pashhur: one thousand two hundred forty-seven.Cross-references: 1Chr 9:12 · 1Chr 24:9 · Ezra 2:38 · Ezra 10:22

42The children of Harim: one thousand seventeen.Cross-references: 1Chr 24:8 · Ezra 2:39 · Ezra 10:31

43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.Cross-references: Ezra 2:40 · Neh 3:9

44The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred forty-eight.Cross-references: 1Chr 25:2 · Ezra 2:41

45The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai: one hundred thirty-eight.Cross-references: 1Chr 26:1 · Ezra 2:42

46The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,Cross-references: Lev 27:2 · Josh 9:23 · 1Chr 9:2 · Ezra 2:43

47the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,Cross-references: Ezra 2:44

48the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,Cross-references: Ezra 2:45

49the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

50the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

51the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,Cross-references: Ezra 2:49

52the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,Cross-references: Ezra 2:50

53the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

54the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,Cross-references: Ezra 2:52

55the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,Cross-references: Ezra 2:53

56the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.

57The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,Cross-references: Ezra 2:55 · Neh 11:3

58the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,Cross-references: Ezra 2:56

59the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon.Cross-references: Ezra 2:57

60All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred ninety-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:58

61These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:Cross-references: Ezra 2:59

62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred forty-two.Cross-references: Ezra 2:60

63Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.Cross-references: 2Sam 17:27 · 2Sam 19:31 · 1Ki 2:7 · Ezra 2:61

64These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.Cross-references: Lev 4:3 · 1Chr 9:1 · Neh 7:5 · Neh 13:29 · Matt 22:11 · Matt 25:11

65The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.Cross-references: Ex 28:30 · Lev 2:3 · Lev 2:10 · Lev 6:17 · Lev 7:19 · Lev 10:17 · +6 more

66The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,Cross-references: Ezra 2:64

67in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. They had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.Cross-references: Ezra 2:65 · Isa 45:1 · Jer 27:7

68Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;Cross-references: Ezra 2:66

69their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.

70Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.Cross-references: Ex 12:22 · Ex 24:6 · Num 7:2 · 1Ki 7:45 · 1Chr 28:17 · 1Chr 29:3 · +7 more

71Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.Cross-references: Job 34:19 · Luke 21:1 · 2Cor 8:12

72That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.

73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.Cross-references: Ezra 2:70