Nehemiah 7

Wycliffe Bible

7 And after that the wall of Jerusalem was builded, and I had set up the gates thereof, and had numbered the porters, and singers, and deacons, (And after that the wall of Jerusalem was rebuilt, and I had put up its gates, or its doors, and had appointed the guards, or the doorkeepers, and the singers, and the Levites,)

² I commanded to Hanani, my brother, and to Hananiah, the prince of the house of Jerusalem (I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the commander of the stronghold, or the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem); for he seemed a soothfast man, and dreading God more than other men did;

³ and I said to them, The gates of Jerusalem be not opened till to the heat of the sun (and I said to them, Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the heat of the sun); and, when I was yet present, the gates were closed, and locked. And I set keepers thereof (out) of the dwellers of Jerusalem, all men by their whiles, or times, and each man over against his own house.

⁴ And the city was full broad and great, and little people in the midst thereof (but there were few people living there), and the houses were not yet builded.

⁵ And God gave in mine heart, and I gathered together the principal men, and (the) magistrates, and the common people, for to number them; and I found a book of the number[ing] of them, that had gone up first from the captivity. And it was found written therein, (And God put in my heart, to gather together the leaders, and the magistrates, and the common people, to list, or to register, them; and I found a book listing those who had first returned from the captivity. And I found written in it,)

⁶ These be the sons of the province, which went up from the captivity of men passing over from Babylon to Jerusalem, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had led over into Babylon; and they that were come with Zerubbabel turned again into Jerusalem and into Judah, each man to his city; (These be the sons of the province, who came back from the captivity, yea, the list of men returning from Babylon to Jerusalem, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had led over to Babylon; they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his own city;)

⁷ Joshua, that is to say, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, (and) Baanah. And the number of the men of the people of Israel is this; (and their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, or Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. And the number of the men of the people of Israel was this;)

⁸ the sons of Parosh, two thousand an hundred and two and seventy;

⁹ the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and two and seventy;

¹⁰ the sons of Arah, six hundred and two and fifty;

¹¹ the sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and of Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;

¹² the sons of Elam, a thousand eight hundred and four and fifty; (the sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;)

¹³ the sons of Zattu, eight hundred and five and forty;

¹⁴ the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

¹⁵ the sons of Binnui, six hundred and eight and forty;

¹⁶ the sons of Bebai, six hundred and eight and twenty;

¹⁷ the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and two and twenty;

¹⁸ the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and seven and sixty;

¹⁹ the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and seven and sixty;

²⁰ the sons of Adin, six hundred and five and fifty;

²¹ the sons of Ater, the son of Hezekiah, eight and twenty; (the sons of Ater, also called Hezekiah, ninety-eight;)

²² the sons of Hashum, three hundred and eight and twenty;

²³ the sons of Bezai, three hundred and four and twenty;

²⁴ the sons of Hariph, an hundred and seven and twenty (a hundred and twelve);

²⁵ the sons of Gibeon, five and twenty (ninety-five);

²⁶ the men of Bethlehem and of Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight;

²⁷ the men of Anathoth, an hundred and eight and twenty;

²⁸ the men of Bethazmaveth, two and forty;

²⁹ the men of Kiriathjearim, of Chephirah, and (of) Beeroth, seven hundred and three and forty;

³⁰ the men of Ramah and of Gaba, six hundred and one and twenty;

³¹ the men of Michmas, two hundred and two and twenty (one hundred and twenty-two);

³² the men of Bethel and of Ai, an hundred and three and twenty;

³³ the men of the other Nebo, two and fifty;

³⁴ the men of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;

³⁵ the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

³⁶ the sons of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;

³⁷ the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and one and twenty;

³⁸ the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty;

³⁹ priests; the sons of Jedaiah, in the house of Joshua, nine hundred and four and seventy; (the priests; the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;)

⁴⁰ the sons of Immer, a thousand and two and fifty;

⁴¹ the sons of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and seven and forty;

⁴² the sons of Harim, a thousand and eighteen (a thousand and seventeen);

⁴³ deacons; the sons of Joshua, and of Kadmiel, (of) the sons of Hodevah, four and seventy; (the Levites; the sons of Jeshua, and of Kadmiel, of the house of Hodevah, seventy-four;)

⁴⁴ (the) singers; the sons of Asaph, an hundred and seven and forty (a hundred and forty-eight);

⁴⁵ porters (the guards, or the doorkeepers); the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, an hundred and eight and thirty;

⁴⁶ Nethinims (the Temple workers); the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

⁴⁷ the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,

⁴⁸ the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

⁴⁹ the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,

⁵⁰ the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,

⁵¹ the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Phaseah,

⁵² the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, sons of Nephishesim,

⁵³ sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur,

⁵⁴ sons of Bazlith, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha,

⁵⁵ sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Tamah,

⁵⁶ sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha;

⁵⁷ (the) sons of the servants of Solomon; sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Perida,

⁵⁸ sons of Jaala, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel,

⁵⁹ sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth, which were born of Zebaim, (and) the son(s) of Amon; (the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim/the sons of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the sons of Amon;)

⁶⁰ all Nethinims, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred and two and twenty/were three hundred and two and seventy. (all the Temple workers, and the sons of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.)

⁶¹ And these that follow be they that went up of the country of Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; which might not show the house of their fathers, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel; (And these who follow be they who returned from the towns of Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not prove their father’s house, or family, or whether they were descendants of Israelites;)

⁶² the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and two and forty;

⁶³ and of the priests; the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, that took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead, and was called by the name of them; (and of the priests; the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name;)

⁶⁴ these sought the scripture of their genealogy, and they found it not, and they were therefore cast out of (the) priesthood. (these men searched for their genealogy in the list, but they could not find it, and so they were thrown out of the priesthood.)

⁶⁵ And (the) Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy things of holy men, till that a wise priest rose up among the people. (And the governor said to them, that they could not eat the holy food of the offerings, until a priest rose up who could consult the Urim and the Thummim.)

⁶⁶ All the multitude as one man, two and forty thousand six hundred and sixty, (So all the multitude together, were forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,)

⁶⁷ besides the servants and handmaids of them, which were seven thousand three hundred and seven and thirty; and among [them] the singers and singeresses, six hundred and five and forty. (besides their male and female slaves, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they were two hundred and forty-five singers and singeresses.)

⁶⁸ The horses of them, six hundred and six and thirty; the mules of them, two hundred and five and forty; (Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;)

⁶⁹ the camels of them, four hundred and five and thirty; the asses of them, six thousand eight hundred and thirty. (their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; and their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.)

⁷⁰ Soothly some of the princes of the families gave costs into the work of God; (the) Tirshatha gave into the treasure, a thousand drachmas of gold/a thousand drams of gold, fifty vials, or basins, (and) five hundred and thirty coats of priests. (And some of the leaders of the families contributed to the costs, or the expenses, of the work of God; the governor gave to the treasury a thousand drachmas of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ coats.)

⁷¹ And of the princes of families, they gave into the treasure of the work, twenty thousand drachmas of gold/twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred bezants of silver. (And the leaders of the families, they gave to the treasury for the work, twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand and two hundred bezants of silver.)

⁷² And that that the residue people gave, twenty thousand drachmas of gold/twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand bezants of silver, and seven and sixty coats of priests. (And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand bezants of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ coats.)

⁷³ Soothly [the] priests, and deacons, and porters, and singers, and the residue people, and Nethinims, and all Israel dwelled in their cities. And (when) the seventh month was come under Ezra and Nehemiah, soothly the sons of Israel were in their cities. (And so the priests, and the Levites, and the guards, or the doorkeepers, and the singers, and the rest of the people, and the Temple workers, yea, all Israel, lived in their own cities and towns. And when the seventh month had come under Ezra and Nehemiah, all the Israelites were in their cities.)