NIRV ▾NehemiahNehemiah 71The wall had been rebuilt. I had put up the gates at the main entrances to the city. The people who guarded the gates were appointed to their positions. So were the musicians and the Levites.2I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah helped him. Hananiah was commander of the fort that was by the temple. Hanani was an honest man. He had more respect for God than most people do.3I said to Hanani and Hananiah, “Don’t open the gates of Jerusalem until the hottest time of the day. Tell the men who guard the gates to shut them before they go off duty. Make sure they lock them up tight. Also appoint as guards some people who live in Jerusalem. Station some of them at their appointed places. Station others near their own homes.”4Jerusalem was large. It had a lot of room. But only a few people lived there. The houses hadn’t been rebuilt yet.5So my God gave me the idea and encouraged me to gather the people together. He also encouraged me to gather the nobles and officials together with them. He wanted me to list them by families. I found the family history of those who had been the first to return. Here is what I found written in it.6Nebuchadnezzar had taken many Jews away from the land of Judah. He had forced them to go to Babylon as prisoners. Now they returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went back to their own towns. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.7The leaders of the Jews included Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah and Nahamani. They also included Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah. Here is a list of the men of Israel who returned home.8There were 2,172 from the family line of Parosh.9There were10There were11There were 2,818 from Pahath-Moab through the family line of Jeshua and Joab.12There were 1,254 from Elam.13There were14There were15There were16There were17There were 2,322 from Azgad.18There were19There were 2,067 from Bigvai.20There were21There were22There were23There were24There were25There were26There were27There were28There were29There were30There were31There were32There were33There were34There were 1,254 from the other Elam.35There were36There were37There were38There were 3,930 from Senaah.39Here is a list of the priests. There were40There were 1,052 from Immer.41There were 1,247 from Pashhur.42from Beth Azmaveth.43The Levites belonged to the family line of Jeshua through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah. The total number of men was 74.44The musicians belonged to the family line of Asaph. The total number of men was 148.45The men who guarded the temple gates belonged to the family lines of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai. The total number of men was 138.46Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the temple servants. Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,47Keros, Sia, Padon,48Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,49Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,50Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,51Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,52from the other Nebo.53Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,54Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,55Barkos, Sisera, Temah,56Neziah, Hatipha57Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the servants of Solomon. Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,58Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,59Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, Amon60The total number of the members of the family lines of the temple servants and the servants of Solomon was 392.61Many people came up to Judah from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer. But they weren’t able to prove that their families belonged to the people of Israel.62There were63Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the priests. They were Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai. Barzillai had married a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead. So he was also called Barzillai.64The priests looked for their family records. But they couldn’t find them. So they weren’t able to serve as priests. They weren’t “clean.”65The governor gave them an order. He told them not to eat any of the most sacred food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim. The priest would use them to get decisions from the Lord .66The total number of the entire group that returned was 42,360.67That didn’t include their 7,337 male and female slaves. There were also68And there were70Some of the family leaders helped pay for the work. The governor gave71Some of the family leaders gave72The rest of the people gave a total of73The priests and Levites made their homes in their own towns. So did the musicians, the temple servants and the men who guarded the gates. The rest of the Israelites also made their homes in their own towns. The Israelites had made their homes in their towns. In the seventh month,95from Gibeon.98from Ater through the family line of Hezekiah.112from Hariph.122from Mikmash.123from Bethel and Ai.128from Anathoth.188from the men of Bethlehem and Netophah.245male and female singers.320from Harim.324from Bezai.328from Hashum.345from Jericho.372from Shephatiah.375pounds of gold for the work. They also gave one and a third tons of silver. All of that was added to the temple treasure.435camels and 6,720 donkeys.530sets of clothes for the priests.621from Ramah and Geba.628from Bebai.642of them from the family lines of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda.648from Binnui.652from Arah.655from Adin.667from Adonikam.721from Lod, Hadid and Ono.736horses,743from Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth.760from Zakkai.845from Zattu.973from the family line of Jedaiah through the line of Jeshua.Nehemiah 6Nehemiah 8