38. Also from the priests, the following persons had assumed the priestly office but were found to be unqualified: the family of Habaiah, the family of Hakkoz, and the family of Jaddus, who had married Agia, one of the daughters of Barzillai, and was called by his name.
39. When they inspected the registry and didn’t find the lineage of these men, they excluded them from the service of the priesthood.
40. Nehemiah and Attharias told them not to share in the holy things until a high priest arrives wearing Clarity and Truth.
41. All those who were from Israel, 12 or more years old, excluding male and female servants, were 42,360; their male and female servants were 7,337; there were 245 harpists and singers.
42. There were 435 camels, 7,036 horses, 245 mules, and 5,525 donkeys.
43. Some of the leaders of the family houses, when they came to God’s temple in Jerusalem, solemnly pledged that they would erect the house on its site,
44. and that they would give to the sacred treasury for the work one thousand manehs of gold, five thousand manehs of silver, and one hundred priests’ robes.
45. The priests, the Levites, and some of the people took up residence in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. The temple singers, the gatekeepers, and the rest of Israel settled in the villages.