1 Now when the wall had been built ⁿand I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 I gave ^omy brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of ^pthe castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was ^qa more faithful and God-fearing man than many. 3 And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes.” 4 The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

Lists of Returned Exiles

5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of ^rthose who came up at the first, and I found written in it:

6 ^sThese were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town. 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, ^tAzariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: 8 the sons of Parosh, 2,172. 9 The sons of Shephatiah, 372. 10 The sons of Arah, ^u652. 11 The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818. 12 The sons of ^vElam, 1,254. 13 The sons of Zattu, 845. 14 The sons of Zaccai, 760. 15 The sons of ^wBinnui, 648. 16 The sons of Bebai, 628. 17 The sons of Azgad, 2,322. 18 The sons of Adonikam, 667. 19 The sons of Bigvai, 2,067. 20 The sons of Adin, 655. 21 The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98. 22 The sons of Hashum, 328. 23 The sons of ^xBezai, 324. 24 The sons of Hariph, 112. 25 The sons of ^yGibeon, 95. 26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188. 27 The men of Anathoth, 128. 28 The men ^zof Beth-azmaveth, 42. 29 The men of ^aKiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, 621. 31 The men of Michmas, 122. 32 The men of Bethel and Ai, 123. 33 The men of the other Nebo, 52. 34 The sons of ^bthe other Elam, 1,254. 35 The sons of Harim, 320. 36 The sons of Jericho, 345. 37 The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721. 38 The sons of Senaah, 3,930.

39 The priests: the sons of ^cJedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973. 40 The sons of ^dImmer, 1,052. 41 The sons of ^ePashhur, 1,247. 42 The sons of ^fHarim, 1,017.

43 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of ^gHodevah, 74. 44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. 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.

46 The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, 47 the sons of Keros, the sons of ^hSia, the sons of Padon, 48 the sons of Lebana, the sons of ⁱHagaba, the sons of ⁱShalmai, 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 ^jNephushesim, 53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 54 the sons of ^kBazlith, 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 ^lPerida, 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 ^mAmon.

60 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392.

61 ⁿThe following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, ^oAddon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers’ houses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: 62 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. 63 Also, of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). 64 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 ^pThe ^qgovernor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.

Totals of People and Gifts

66 The whole assembly together was 42,360, 67 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337. And they had 245 singers, male and female. 68 Their horses were 736, their mules 245,¹ 69 their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.

70 Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The ^qgovernor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics² of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas³ of silver.⁴ 71 And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. 72 ^rAnd what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments.

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns.

^sAnd when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the ^xservant of the Lord.

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 ^cAnd as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^dheld a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^ethey bound Jesus and ^fled him away and ^gdelivered him over to ^hPilate. 2 ⁱAnd Pilate asked him, ^j“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^k“You have said so.” 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, ^l“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus ^lmade no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

6 ^mNow at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had ⁿcommitted murder ^oin the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. 9 And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he perceived that ^pit was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^qthe man you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? ^rWhat evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^sscourged¹ Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

16 ^tAnd the soldiers led him away inside ^uthe palace (that is, ^vthe governor’s headquarters),² and they called together the whole ^wbattalion.³ 17 And they clothed him in ^xa purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, ^y“Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ^zspitting on him and ^akneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had ^bmocked him, they stripped him of ^xthe purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^cled him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

21 ^dAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 ^eAnd they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with ^fmyrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and ^gdivided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And ^hit was the third hour⁴ when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, ⁱ“The King of the Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two ^jrobbers, ^kone on his right and one on his left.⁵ 29 And ^lthose who passed by derided him, ^mwagging their heads and saying, ⁿ“Aha! ^oYou who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^p“He saved others; ^qhe cannot save himself. 32 Let ^rthe Christ, ^sthe King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^tsee and believe.” ^uThose who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

33 And when the sixth hour⁶ had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.⁷ 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus ^vcried with a loud voice, ^w“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^xsour wine, put it on a reed ^yand gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus ^zuttered a loud cry and ^abreathed his last. 38 And ^bthe curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 ^cAnd when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he⁸ breathed his last, he said, ^d“Truly this man was the Son⁹ of God!”

40 There were also ^ewomen looking on ^ffrom a distance, among whom were ^gMary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ⁱSalome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^gministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^jcame up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

42 ^kAnd when evening had come, since it was ^lthe day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, ^ma respected member of the council, who ⁿwas also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.¹⁰ And summoning ^othe centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from ^othe centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph¹¹ bought ^pa linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^qlaid him in a tomb ^rthat had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^sa stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 ^tMary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.