Nehemiah 7:4-6

Living Bible

⁴ For the city was large, but the population was small; and only a few houses were scattered throughout the city.

⁵ Then the Lord told me to call together all the leaders of the city, along with the ordinary citizens, for registration. For I had found the record of the genealogies of those who had returned to Judah before, and this is what was written in it:

⁶ “The following is a list of the names of the Jews who returned to Judah after being exiled by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.