Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity, of those exiles whom Nevukhadneżżar the king of Bavel had carried away to Bavel, and they came back to Yerushalayim and Yehuda, everyone to his city.

And these are the men of the land [(Eretz Yisrael)] who went up from the captivity of the exile, which Nevuchadnezzar king of Bavel had exiled to Bavel, and who [now] returned to Jerusalem. And (those of) Judah returned, each to his city,

They came with Zerubbavel, Yeshua, Neĥemya, Seraya, Re῾elya, Mordekhay, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvay, Reĥum, and Ba῾ana. The number of the men of the children of Yisra᾽el:

[the men] who had come [in the beginning] with Zerubavel, Yeshua, Nechemiah, Serayah, Re'elayah, Mordechai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rechum (and) Ba'anah, the number of [those who followed] the [prominent] men of the people of Israel:

the children of Par῾osh, two thousand one hundred and seventy two.

The men of Parosh, two thousand and one hundred and seventy-two.

The children of Shefatya, three hundred and seventy two.

The men of Shefatyah, three hundred and seventy-two.

The children of Araĥ, seven hundred and seventy five.

The men of Arach, seven hundred and seventy-five.

The children of Paĥat-mo᾽av, of the children of Yeshua and Yo᾽av, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

The men of the governor of Moav — of the men of Yeshua (and) Yoav — two thousand and eight hundred and twelve.

The children of ῾Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty four.

The men of Eilam, one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.

The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty five.

The men of Zatu, nine hundred and forty-five.

The children of Zakkay, seven hundred and sixty.

The men of Zakkai, seven hundred and sixty.

The children of Bani, six hundred and forty two.

The men of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.

The children of Bevay, six hundred and twenty three.

The men of Beivai, six hundred and twenty-three.

The children of ῾Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty two.

The men of Azgad, one thousand and two hundred and twenty-two.

The children of Adoniqam, six hundred and sixty six.

The men of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.

The children of Bigvay, two thousand and fifty six.

The men of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.

The children of ῾Adin, four hundred and fifty four.

The men of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.

The children of Ater (of Yeĥizqiyya,) ninety eight.

The men of Ater, of Yechizkiyah, ninety-eight.

The children of Beżay, three hundred and twenty three.

The men of Beitzai, three hundred and twenty-three.

The children of Yora, a hundred and twelve.

The men of Yorah, one hundred and twelve.

The children of Ḥashum, two hundred and twenty three.

The men of Chusham, two hundred and twenty-three.

The children of Gibbar, ninety five.

The men of Gibbar, ninety-five.

The children of Bet-leĥem, one hundred and twenty three.

The men of Beth-lachem, one hundred and twenty-three.

The men of Netofa, fifty six.

The men of Netofa, fifty-six.

The men of ῾Anatot, one hundred and twenty eight.

The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight.

The children of ῾Azmavet, forty two.

The men of Azmaveth, forty-two.

The children of Qiryat-῾arim, Kefira, and Be᾽erot, seven hundred and forty three.

The men of Kiryath-ye'arim, Kefirah, and Be'eiroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

The children of Rama and Geva, six hundred and twenty one.

The men of Haramah and Gava, six hundred and twenty-one.

The men of Mikhmas, one hundred and twenty two.

The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.

The men of Bet-el and ῾Ay, two hundred and twenty three.

The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.

The children of Nevo, fifty two.

The men of Nevo, fifty-two.

The children of Magbish, one hundred and fifty six.

The men of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six.

The children of the other ῾Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty four.

The men of Eilam-acher, one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.

The children of Ḥarim, three hundred and twenty.

The men of Charim, three hundred and twenty.

The children of Lod, Ḥadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty five.

The men of Lod, Chadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.

The children of Yereĥo, three hundred and forty five.

The men of Yerecho, three hundred and forty-five.

The children of Sena᾽a, three thousand six hundred and thirty.

The men of Sena'ah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

The priests: the children of Yeda῾ya of the houses of Yeshua, nine hundred and seventy three.

The priests: the men of Yedayah of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

The children of Immer, one thousand and fifty two.

The men of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two.

The children of Pashĥur, one thousand two hundred and forty seven.

The men of Pashchur, one thousand and two hundred and forty-seven.

The children of Ḥarim, one thousand and seventeen.

The men of Charim, one thousand and seventeen.

The Levites: the children of Yeshua and Qadmi᾽el of the children of Hodavya, seventy four.

The Levites: the men of Yeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodavyah, seventy-four.

The singers: the children of Asaf, one hundred and twenty eight.

The singers, the men of Asaf, one hundred and twenty-eight.

The children of the gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of ῾Aqquv the children of Ḥatita, the children of Shovav, in all, one hundred and thirty nine.

The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shalum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akuv, the sons of Chatita, the sons of Shovai — all told, one hundred and thirty-nine.

The temple servants; the children of Żiĥa, the children of Ḥasufa, and the children of Tabba῾ot,

The Nethinim [(hewers of wood and drawers of water)]: the sons of Tzicha, the sons of Chashufa, the sons of Tabaoth.

the children of Qeros, the children of Si῾aha, the children of Padon,

The sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon.

the children of Levana, the children of Ḥagava, the children of ῾Aqquv,

The sons of Levanah, the sons of Chagavah, the sons of Akuv.

the children of Ḥagav, the children of Salmay, the children of Ḥanan,

The sons of Chaguv, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Chanan.

the children of Giddel, the children of Gaĥar, the children of Re᾽aya,

The sons of Gidel, the sons of Gachar, the sons of Re'ayah.

the children of Reżin, the children of Neqoda, the children of Gazzam,

The sons of Retzin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazam.

the children of ῾Uzza, the children of Paseaĥ, the children of Besay,

The sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseyach, the sons of Bessai.

the children of Asna, the children of Me῾unim, the children of Nefusim,

The sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nefissim.

the children of Baqbuq, the children of Ḥaqufa, the children of Ḥarĥur,

The sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Chakufa, the sons of Charchur.

the children of Bażlut, the children of Meĥida, the children of Ḥarsha,

The sons of Batzluth, the sons of Mechida, the sons of Charsha.

the children of Barqos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temaĥ,

The sons of Barkus, the sons of Sisra, the sons of Tamach.

the children of Neżiaĥ, the children of Ḥatifa.

The sons of Netziach, the sons of Chatifa.

The children of the servants of Shelomo: the children of Sotay, the children of Soferet, the children of Peruda,

The sons [i.e., the descendants] of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hasofereth, the sons of Fruda.

the children of Ya῾ala, the children of Darqon, the children of Giddel,

The sons of Yalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Gidel.

the children of Shefatya, the children of Ḥattil, the children of Pokheret-hażevayim, the children of Ami.

The sons of Shefatyah, the sons of Chatil, the sons of Pochereth-hatzvayim, the sons of Ami.

All the temple servants, and the children of the servants of Shelomo were three hundred and ninety two.

All of the Nethinim and the sons of the servants of Solomon, three hundred and ninety-two.

And these were they who went up from Tel-melaĥ, Tel-ĥarsha, Keruv, Addan, and Immer, but they could not tell their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Yisra᾽el:

And those who went up from Tel-melach, Tel-charshah, Keruv, Addan (and) Immer could not tell the [origin of] the house of their fathers or their seed, [(having lost their genealogical records and not knowing)] whether they were Israelites.

the children of Delaya, the children of Tovya, the children of Neqoda, six hundred and fifty two.

[(The above included)] the sons of Delayah, the sons of Toviyah (and) the sons of Nekodah — six hundred and fifty-two.

And of the children of the priests: the children of Ḥovayya, the children of Haqqoż; the children of Barzillay, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillay the Gil῾adite, and was called after their name:

And of the sons of the priests, the sons of Chavayah, the sons of Hakotz, the sons of Barzilai, [each of whose sons] took of the daughters of Barzilai the Gileadite as a wife, and whose [(Barzilai's)] name was called upon them —

these sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as unfit.

these [priests], who would trace themselves [to the priesthood] sought their [genealogical] records, and they could not be found, and they were rejected from the priesthood.

And the governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Tummim.

And Hatirshatha [(Nechemiah the son of Chachalyah)] told them that they should not [(as other priests)] eat of the holy of holies [(sin-offerings and guilt-offerings)] until a priest should arise for the urim vetumim [(to all intents and purposes, "until the days of the Messiah")].

The whole congregation together was forty two thousand three hundred and sixty,

All the congregation together [(including the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim and the other tribes, — those counted above being only those of Judah and Benjamin —)] were forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty.

besides their men servants and women servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

Aside from their men-servants and their maid-servants, who numbered seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven. And with them were men-singers and women-singers, two hundred [(to bring them back to Eretz Yisrael with joy)].

Their horses were seven hundred and thirty six; their mules, two hundred and forty five;

Their horses, seven hundred and thirty-six. Their mules, two hundred and forty-five.

their camels, four hundred and thirty five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Their camels, four hundred and thirty-five. Asses, six thousand and seven hundred and twenty.

And some of the chiefs of fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Yerushalayim, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place:

And some of the heads of the fathers' [houses], when they came to the [site] of the house of the L-rd in Jerusalem, pledged to [the building of] the house of G-d, to erect it on its foundation.

they gave after their ability to the treasury of the work sixty one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

According to their means they gave to the building fund: golden darkemonim, sixty-one thousand; and five thousand manim of silver, and one hundred priestly tunics [(in which to minister)].

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, dwelt in their cities, and all Yisra᾽el in their cities.

The priests and the Levites and some of the people [of Judah and Benjamin] and the singers and the gate-keepers and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all of Israel [of the other tribes, dwelt] in their cities.