And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while ¹ they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

These are the ¹ children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, ¹ Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;

The ¹ children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

The men ¹ of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

The ¹ Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

And ¹ the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand ¹ drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the ¹ seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.