After the walls of Jerusalem were completed and the gates were put in place Nehemiah put his brother Hanani in charge of the city and made Hananiah the commander of the citadel because he was a man of integrity who feared God more than most. He then organized the gate keepers and the times for opening the gates. Nehemiah then noted how few exiles had returned from Babylonian exile so he decided to register all the families according to their genealogical records and the chapter lists all the men of Israel now present in Jerusalem which totalled 42,360 plus 7,337 slaves, 245 singers, 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys. Men who claimed to be priests but could not prove it from their records were discarded. Then the people contributed gold, silver, bowls and priests garments, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their own towns.
Amém!
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