39 The priests : the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua , 973 e e e ; 40 the sons of Immer , 1,052 e e ; 41 the sons of Pashhur , 1,247 e e e ; 42 the sons of Harim , 1,017 e e . 43 The Levites : the sons of Jeshua , of Kadmiel , of the sons of Hodevah , 74 e . 44 The singers : the sons of Asaph , 148 e e . 45 The gatekeepers : the sons of Shallum , the sons of Ater , the sons of Talmon , the sons of Akkub , the sons of Hatita , the sons of Shobai , 138 e e . 46 The temple servants : the sons of Ziha , the sons of Hasupha , the sons of Tabbaoth , 47 the sons of Keros , the sons of Sia , the sons of Padon , 48 the sons of Lebana , the sons of Hagaba , the sons of Shalmai , 49 the sons of Hanan , the sons of Giddel , the sons of Gahar , 50 the sons of Reaiah , the sons of Rezin , the sons of Nekoda , 51 the sons of Gazzam , the sons of Uzza , the sons of Paseah , 52 the sons of Besai , the sons of Meunim , the sons of Nephushesim , 53 the sons of Bakbuk , the sons of Hakupha , the sons of Harhur , 54 the sons of Bazlith , the sons of Mehida , the sons of Harsha , 55 the sons of Barkos , the sons of Sisera , the sons of Temah , 56 the sons of Neziah , the sons of Hatipha . 57 The sons of Solomon's servants : the sons of Sotai , the sons of Sophereth , the sons of Perida , 58 the sons of Jaala , the sons of Darkon , the sons of Giddel , 59 the sons of Shephatiah , the sons of Hattil , the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim , the sons of Amon . 60 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392 e e e . 61 These were they who came up from Tel-melah , Tel-harsha , Cherub , Addon and Immer ; but they could not show their fathers' houses or their descendants , whether they were of Israel : 62 the sons of Delaiah , the sons of Tobiah , the sons of Nekoda , 642 e e e . 63 Of the priests : the sons of Hobaiah , the sons of Hakkoz , the sons of Barzillai , who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai , the Gileadite , and was named e after them. 64 These searched among their ancestral registration e , but it could not be located ; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood . 65 The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim . 66 The whole assembly together was 42,360 e e e e e , 67 besides e their male and their female servants e , of whom there were 7,337 e e e e e ; and they had 245 e e male and female singers . 68 Their horses were 736 e e ; their mules , 245 e e ; 69 their camels , 435 e e e ; their donkeys , 6,720 e e e e . 70 Some from among the heads of fathers' households gave to the work . The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas , 50 basins , 530 e e priests' garments . 71 Some of the heads of fathers' households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 e gold drachmas and 2,200 e silver minas . 72 That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 e gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 e priests' garments . 73 Now the priests , the Levites , the gatekeepers , the singers , some of the people , the temple servants and all Israel , lived in their cities . And when the seventh month came , the sons of Israel were in their cities .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 7:39-73
Commentary on Nehemiah 7:5-73
(Read Nehemiah 7:5-73)
Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy those who dedicate themselves, and their substance, to his service and glory!