The sons of Magbish, 156.

The sons of the other Elam, 1,254.

The sons of Immer, 1,052.

The sons of Pashhur, 1,247.

The sons of Harim, 1,017.

The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128.

The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, in all 139.

the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,

the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:

Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).

These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.

besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.

their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the class="small-caps" >Lord that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.

According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests' garments.

Rebuilding the Altar

When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.

Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

They set the altar in its place, for fear was on them because of the peoples of the lands, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the class="small-caps" >Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.

And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required,

and after that the regular burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and at all the appointed feasts of the class="small-caps" >Lord, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the class="small-caps" >Lord.

From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the class="small-caps" >Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the class="small-caps" >Lord was not yet laid.