1 Nehemiah said: The wall was done. I set the doors. I picked gate guards, singers, and Levite helpers. ♂️ 2 Nehemiah put Hanani and Hananiah in charge of the city. Hananiah loved God and did right. ️ 3 Nehemiah said: Do not open the gates until the sun is hot. Lock the doors. Set guards at posts and by homes. ☀️ 4 The city was big, but few people were there. Homes were not built yet. ️➡️❌ 5 God put in Nehemiah’s heart to gather leaders and people to make a family list. He found the old list book. 6 These are the people who came back from a far land. A bad king took them away before. They came back to their own towns. 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count list. 8 Parosh people were 2,172. 9 Shephatiah people were 372. 10 Arah people were 652. 11 Pahath-moab people (from Jeshua and Joab) were 2,818. 12 Elam people were 1,254. 13 Zattu people were 845. 14 Zaccai people were 760. 15 Binnui people were 648. 16 Bebai people were 628. 17 Azgad people were 2,322. 18 Adonikam people were 667. 19 Bigvai people were 2,067. 20 Adin people were 655. 21 Ater people (from Hezekiah) were 98. 22 Hashum people were 328. 23 Bezai people were 324. 24 Hariph people were 112. 25 Gibeon people were 95. 26 Bethlehem and Netophah people were 188. ️ 27 Anathoth people were 128. 28 Beth-azmaveth people were 42. 29 Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth people were 743. ️ 30 Ramah and Geba people were 621. ️ 31 Michmas people were 122. 32 Bethel and Ai people were 123. ️ 33 The other Nebo people were 52. 34 The other Elam people were 1,254. 35 Harim people were 320. 36 Jericho people were 345. 37 Lod, Hadid, and Ono people were 721. ️ 38 Senaah people were 3,930. 39 Priests: Jedaiah people (from Jeshua’s house) were 973. ⛪ 40 Priests: Immer people were 1,052. ⛪ 41 Priests: Pashhur people were 1,247. ⛪ 42 Priests: Harim people were 1,017. ⛪ 43 Levite helpers: Jeshua of Kadmiel (from Hodevah) were 74. 44 Singers: Asaph people were 148. 45 Gate guards: Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai were 138. ♂️ 46 God’s house helpers were: Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth. ️⛪ 47 They were also: Keros, Sia, and Padon. ️ 48 They were also: Lebana, Haggaba, and Shalmai. ️ 49 They were also: Hanan, Giddel, and Gahar. ️ 50 They were also: Reaiah, Rezin, and Nekoda. ️ 51 They were also: Gazzam, Uzza, and Paseah. ️ 52 They were also: Besai, Meunim, and Nephushesim. ️ 53 They were also: Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur. ️ 54 They were also: Bazlith, Mehida, and Harsha. ️ 55 They were also: Barkos, Sisera, and Temah. ️ 56 They were also: Neziah and Hatipha. ️ 57 Solomon’s helpers were: Sotai, Sophereth, and Perida. ️ 58 They were also: Jaala, Darkon, and Giddel. ️ 59 They were also: Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Amon. ️ 60 All God’s house helpers and Solomon’s helpers were 392. ⛪ 61 Some came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not show their family papers. ❓ 62 They were Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642. 63 Some priests were Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and a man who married a Barzillai woman and took her name. ♀️ 64 They looked for their names in the family list, but did not find them. They could not be in the priest group. ❌ 65 The leader said they must not eat the most holy food until a priest comes to ask God in a special way. ⛪⏳ 66 All the people were 42,360. 67 They had 7,337 helpers and 245 singers, men and women. 68 They had 736 horses. 69 They had 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 70 Some leaders gave gifts for the work. The leader gave 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls, and 530 priest clothes. 71 Other leaders gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver sets. 72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver sets, and 67 priest clothes. 73 The priests, Levite helpers, gate guards, singers, God’s house helpers, and all Israel lived in their towns. In the 7th month, they were in their towns. ️