1. Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town,
61. And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
62. These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
63. The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
64. The whole company numbered 42,360,
65. besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
66. They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
67. 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
68. When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.