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

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

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.

Also the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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: