The exiles that returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel; twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve goats as a sin offering. All was a burnt offering to Yahweh.

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy and two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy men.

Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zaccur, and with them seventy men.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia [that is, the first year he ruled Babylon], in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah [the prophet], the Lord stirred up (put in motion) the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

Beside their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.