<p class="bodytext">The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah): 74.p>

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line<n id="1" /> of Jeshua and<n id="2" /> Joab): 2,812;p>

<p class="bodytext">The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family<n id="1" /> of Jeshua): 973;p>

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.p> <p class="bodytext">The number of Israelites<n id="1" /> was as follows:<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">It was determined<n id="1" /> that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak<n id="1" /> and his priestly colleagues<n id="2" /> and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues<n id="3" /> started to build<n id="4" /> the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by<n id="5" /> the law of Moses the man of God.

So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives,<n id="1" /> Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah<n id="2" />), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives<n id="3" /> the Levites.

On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care<n id="1" /> of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites.