1 These are the sons of the province {medinah: provincial territory} who ascended from the exile {golah: forced deportation}—those whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had deported to Babylon—and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each man to his city.
2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua {Yeshua: High Priest}, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number {mispar: census record} of the men of the people of Israel.
3 The descendants {benei: sons/descendants} of Parosh totalled two thousand {alpayim: two thousand} one hundred seventy-two.
4 The sons {bnei: family clan} of Shephatiah numbered 372 {meot shivim u-shenayim: Hebrew numeric sequence}.
5 The sons {bnei: male descendants} of Arah {Arah: clan ancestor} numbered 775.
6 The sons of Pahath-Moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab were two thousand {alpayim: two thousand}, eight hundred {shmonah meot: eight hundred}, and twelve, totaling 2,812.
7 The sons {benei: lineage designation} of Elam {elam: ancestral family line} were 1,254 in number.
8 The sons {benei: male lineage} of Zattu {zattu: clan name} numbered nine hundred forty and five.
9 The sons of Zakkai {zakkai: pure one} were seven hundred and sixty {sheva meot veshishim: Hebrew number pattern} in number.
10 The sons {bnei: literal male descendants} of Bani {Bani: ancestral family name} were six hundred forty-two.
11 The sons of Bebai numbered six hundred {meot: grouping unit}, twenty {esrim: score grouping}, and three.
12 The sons {benei: direct male descendants} of Azgad {azgad: clan progenitor} numbered 1,222.
13 The sons of Adoniqam numbered six hundred {meot: hundreds component} sixty {shishim: tens component} and six.
14 The descendants {benei: lineage heading} of Bigvai {bigvai: clan representative} numbered 2,056.
15 The sons of Adin {Adin: Delicate Ornament} were counted as four hundred fifty and four {arba meot chamishim ve-arbaah: numeric sequence} people.
16 The sons {benei: clan designation} of Ater, of Hezekiah {liyechizkiyah: royal lineage}, were ninety-eight in number.
17 The sons of Bezai were three hundred twenty {esrim: twenty} and three {sheloshah: units term}.
18 The sons of Jorah {Yorah: clan head} numbered 112 {me’ah: a unit of 100}.
19 The sons {benei: family clan} of Hashum numbered {additive numbering} two hundred twenty and three.
20 The sons {bnei: male descendants} of Gibbar {gibbar: clan leader} were ninety-five.
21 The sons {benei: clan members} of Bethlehem numbered one hundred {me’ah: base numeral} twenty-three in total.
22 The men {anshei: census group} of Netophah {netofah: Judean village} were fifty-six in number.
23 The men {anshei: group of male inhabitants} of Anathoth {Anatot: town allocated to Benjamin} numbered 128.
24 The sons {bnei: returning households} of Azmaveth were forty-two {arbaim ushnaim: precise headcount}.
25 The sons of Kiriath Jearim {kiryat arim: hilltop city}, Kephirah, and Beeroth numbered 743 {sheva meot ve-arbaim u-sheloshah: numeral stacking}.
26 The sons {bnei: descendants} of Ramah and Geba {geba: Benjaminite town}, six hundred twenty-one.
27 The men {anshei: census participants} of Mikmash were 122 {meah: counting unit} in number.
28 The men {anshei: census designation} of Bethel and Ai numbered two hundred {matayim: dual hundred} twenty-three.
29 The sons of Nebo {nevo: settlement in Transjordan} were fifty {chamishim: group of fifty} and two.
30 The sons {benei: clan descendants} of Magbish numbered one hundred {me’ah: hundred indicator} fifty-six.
31 The sons of the other {akher: successive group} Elam {eilam: ancestral province} numbered one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32 The sons {benei: direct descendants} of Harim {Charim: clan name} numbered three hundred and twenty.
33 The sons {bnei: group designation} of Lod, Hadid, and Ono were 725 {sheva meot esrim va-chamishah: recorded total} in number.
34 The sons {benei: descendant group} of Jericho {Yerecho: settlement community} numbered 345.
35 The sons {bnei: lineage marker} of Senaah numbered 3,630 {sheloshet alafim veshesh meot ushloshim: Hebrew numeric system}.
36 The priests, the sons of Jedaiah {yedaiah: YHWH Knows}, of the house of Jeshua {yeshua: Salvation}, numbered nine hundred seventy-three.
37 The sons {bnei: male descendants} of Immer numbered one thousand {elef: census unit} fifty-two.
38 The sons {bnei: male descendants} of Pashchur {pashchur: clan leader} numbered one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
39 The sons {benei: lineage descendants} of Harim {Harim: priestly family name} numbered 1,017.
40 The Levites {haLeviim: priestly tribe}, the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, from the descendants of Hodavyah, were seventy-four {shiv'im ve-arba'ah: compound number}.
41 The singers {meshorrerim: temple performers}, the sons {bnei: Levitical heirs} of Asaph, numbered one hundred twenty-eight.
42 The sons {benei: family lines} of the gatekeepers {ha-sho'arim: temple doorkeepers} were the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai. The total was 139.
43 The temple servants {hanetinin: those set apart for service} were the sons {benei: direct descendants} of Tsicha, the sons of Hasupha, and the sons of Tabbaoth.
44 The sons {b’nei: kinship group} of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon {Padon: ancestral family}.
45 The sons {bnei: genealogical cohort} of Levanah, the sons of Chagavah, the sons of Akkub {Akkub: temple-servant family}.
46 The sons {benei: male descendants} of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan {hanan: returnee clan}.
47 Sons {b’nei: immediate patrilineal descendants} of Giddel {Giddel: family founder}, sons of Gahar, and sons of Reaiah.
48 The sons {benei: clan descendants} of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda {nekoda: clan ancestor}, and the sons of Gazzam.
49 The sons {bnei: kinship clans} of Uzza {Uzza: name meaning strength}, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai.
50 The sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim {meunim: clan branch}, the sons of Nephusim {nephusim: family group}.