The list of the returning exiles
1These were the people of the province who returned from captivity and exile. After being deported to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own town. 2They arrived with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah.
The list of the clans of the people of Israel: 3the clan of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two; 4the clan of Sehphatiah, three hundred and seventy-two; 5the clan of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five; 6the clan of Pahath moab, that is to say the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve; 7the clan of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 8the clan of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; 9the clan of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; 10the clan of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; 11the clan of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three; 12the clan of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two; 13the clan of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six; 14the clan of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six; 15the clan of Adin, four hundred and fifty -four; 16the clan of Ater, that is to say of Heze kiah, ninety-eight; 17the clan of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; 18the clan of Jorah, one hundred and twelve; 19the clan of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three; 20the clan of Gibbar, ninety-five; 21people of Bethlehem, onehundred and twenty-three; 22people of Netophah, fifty-six; 23people of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; 24the clan of Azmaveth, forty-two; 25people of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three; 26people of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one; 27people of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two; 28people of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three; 29people of Nebo, fifty-two; 30people of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six; 31people of another Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 32people of Harim, three hundred and twenty; 33people of Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five; 34people of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; 35people of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36The priests: the clan of Jedaiah, that is to say the House of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; 37the clan of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two; 38the clan of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; 39the clan of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
40The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41The Temple musicians: the clan of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
42The gatekeepers: the clan of Shallum, the clan of Ater, the clan of Talmon, the clan of Akkub, the clan of Hatita, the clan of Shobai: in all, one hundred and thirty-nine.
43The helpers: the clans of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, 44Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, 46Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan, 47Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, 48Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, 49Uzza, Paseah, Besai, 50Asnah, the Meunites, the Nephisites, 51Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, 52Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, 53Barkos, Sisera, Temah, 54Neziah, Hatipha.
55The clans of Solomon’s slaves: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, 56Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, 57Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, Ami. 58The total of the helpers and the sons of Solomon’s slaves: three hundred and ninety-two.
59The following who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer, could not prove that their families and ancestry were of Israelite origin: 60the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, Nekoda: six hundred and fifty-two. 61And among the priests: the clans of Habaiah, Hakkoz, Barzillai, who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, whose name he adopted. 62These people searched in their ancestral registers but could not be located in them, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean 63and His Excellency forbade them to eat the sacred foods until a priest could be found for the Urim and Thummim.
64The whole assembly numbered forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty people, 65not counting their slaves and maidservants to the number of seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers. 66Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, 67their camels four hundred and thirty-five and their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68When they arrived at the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the leaders of the clans made voluntary offerings for the Temple of God, for its rebuilding on its old site. 69In accordance with their means they gave to the building fund sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly robes.
70The priests, Levites and part of the people settled in Jerusalem; the gate keepers, Temple musicians, workmen and all the other Israelites, in their own towns.
