The List of Returning Exiles
N1ow these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, 2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
3the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; 4the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; 5the descendants of Arah, 775; 6the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812; 7the descendants of Elam, 1,254; 8the descendants of Zattu, 945; 9the descendants of Zaccai, 760; 10the descendants of Bani, 642; 11the descendants of Bebai, 623; 12the descendants of Azgad, 1,222; 13the descendants of Adonikam, 666; 14the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056; 15the descendants of Adin, 454; 16the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98; 17the descendants of Bezai, 323; 18the descendants of Jorah, 112; 19the descendants of Hashum, 223; 20the descendants of Gibbar, 95; 21the men of Bethlehem, 123; 22the men of Netophah, 56; 23the men of Anathoth, 128; 24the descendants of Azmaveth, 42; 25the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; 26the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; 27the men of Michmash, 122; 28the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; 29the descendants of Nebo, 52; 30the descendants of Magbish, 156; 31the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254; 32the descendants of Harim, 320; 33the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725; 34the men of Jericho, 345; 35and the descendants of Senaah, 3,630.
36The priests: 37the descendants of Immer, 1,052; 38the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; 39and the descendants of Harim, 1,017. 40The Levites: 41The singers: 42The gatekeepers: 43The temple servants: 44the descendants of Keros, 45the descendants of Lebanah, 46the descendants of Hagab, 47the descendants of Giddel, 48the descendants of Rezin, 49the descendants of Uzza, 50the descendants of Asnah, 51the descendants of Bakbuk, 52the descendants of Bazluth, 53the descendants of Barkos, 54the descendants of Neziah, 55The descendants of the servants of Solomon: 56the descendants of Jaala, 57the descendants of Shephatiah, 58The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
59The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: 60the descendants of Delaiah, 61And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, 62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
64The whole assembly numbered 42,360, 65in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Offerings by the Exiles
W68hen they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site. 69According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments. 70So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.