Nehemiah On The Families Who Return

The Book of Lineage was found and read.

The Kohanim, the Levites, up to the slaves of Solomon.

But, there are those of dubious decent.

“Judah And Its People”

“The Leaders’ Contribution”

I then appointed Hanani my brother and Hananiah, officer of the palace, over Jerusalem, for [Hananiah] was a man of truth, and had long been God-fearing.
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Then my God inspired me and I assembled the aristocrats and the nobles, and the people to trace their lineage. I found the Book of Lineage of those who had ascended at first and found written in it:
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… and could not declare their fathers’ families and their descent, whether they were from Israel;
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These sought their genealogical record but it could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.
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Hattirshatha told them that they should not eat of the most holy offerings until there would arise a Kohen to [inquire of] the Urim and Tumim.
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1 Now it came to pass, when the wall had been built and I had erected the doors, that the gatekeepers, the choristers, and the Levites were appointed.
2 And I put Hanani my brother and Hananiah the ruler of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he is indeed a truthful man, and he has feared God for a long time.
3 And I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened until the sun becomes hot, and they [the people] shall stand until they lock the doors and hold them, and station watches among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each one on his watch and each one opposite his house.”
4 Now the city was wide and large, and the people were few within it, and there were no houses built.
5 And the Lord put it into my heart, and I gathered the rulers and the prefects and the people to trace their lineage, and I found the of lineage book of those who had gone up at first, and I found written in it:
6 These are the people of the province who went up from the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Judea, each one to his city.
7 [Those] who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah, the number of the important men of the people of Israel.
8 The children of Parosh were two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
9 The children of Shephatiah were three hundred and seventy-two.
10 The children of Arah were six hundred and fifty-two.
11 The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, were two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
12 The children of Elam were one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
13 The children of Zattu were eight hundred and forty-five.
14 The children of Zakkai were seven hundred and sixty.
15 The children of Binnui were six hundred and forty-eight.
16 The children of Bebai were six hundred and twenty-eight.
17 The children of Azgad were two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.
18 The children of Adonikam were six hundred and sixty seven.
19 The children of Bigvai were two thousand and sixty-seven.
20 The children of Adin were six hundred and fifty-five.
21 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah were ninety-eight.
22 The children of Hashum were three hundred and twenty-eight.
23 The children of Bezai were three hundred and twenty-four.
24 The children of Harif were one hundred and twelve.
25 The children of Gibeon were ninety-five.
26 The people of Bethlehem and Netophah were one hundred and eighty-eight.
27 The people of Anathoth were one hundred and twenty-eight.
28 The people of Beth-Azmaveth were forty-two.
29 The people of Kiriath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth were seven hundred and forty-three.
30 The people of Ramah and Geba were six hundred and twenty-one.
31 The people of Michmas were one hundred and twenty-two.
32 The people of Bethel and Ai were one hundred and twenty-three.
33 The people of the other Nebo were fifty-two.
34 The children of the other Elam were one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
35 The children of Harim were three hundred and twenty.
36 The children of Jericho were three hundred and forty-five.
37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono were seven hundred and twenty-one.
38 The children of Senaah were three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua were nine hundred and seventy-three.
40 The children of Immer were one thousand and fifty-two.
41 The children of Pashhur were one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
42 The children of Harim were one thousand and seventeen.
43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua with Kadmiel of the children of Lehodiah, were seventy-four.
44 The singers: of the children of Asaph were one hundred and forty-eight.
45 The gate-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, were one hundred and thirty-eight.
46 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth.
47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon.
48 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Salmai.
49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar.
50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda.
51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah.
52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim.
53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur.
54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha.
55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah.
56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatifa.
57 The children of Solomon’s slaves, the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Prida.
58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel.
59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ammon.
60 All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon’s slaves were three and hundred ninety-two.
61 And these were the ones who ascended from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha: Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers’ house and their children, if they were from Israel.
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda were six hundred and forty-two.
63 And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took [a wife] from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
64 These who traced their genealogy sought their records, but they were not found, and they were disqualified from the priesthood.
65 And Hattirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy sacrifices until a priest arises for the Urim and the Tummim.
66 The entire congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty.
67 Besides their slaves and their bondwomen; these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven, and they had two hundred and forty-five male and female singers.
68 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules were two hundred and forty-five.
69 [Their] camels were four hundred and thirty-five, [their] donkeys were six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
70 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave for the work. Hattirshatha gave to the treasury gold, one thousand drachmas, fifty basins, priests’ tunics five hundred and thirty.
71 And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work; gold, twenty thousand drachmas and silver, two thousand and two hundred manehs.
72 And what the remnant of the people gave was gold, twenty thousand drachmas and silver, two thousand manehs, and priests’ tunics, sixty-seven.
73 And the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities, and the seventh month arrived, and the Children of Israel were in their cities.