61. And these priests could not prove that their families came from Israel: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai. (He had married a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and was called by her family name.)
62. These people searched for their family records. But they could not find them. So they could not be priests because they were thought to be unclean.
63. The governor ordered them not to eat any of the food offered to God. First a priest had to settle this matter by using the Urim and Thummim.
64. The total number of those who returned was 42,360.
65. This is not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 200 men and women singers with them.
66. They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
67. 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
68. That group arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. Some of the leaders of families gave special offerings. Those offerings were given to rebuild the Temple of God. It would be on the same site as before.
69. Those people gave as much as they could to the treasury. It was to rebuild the Temple. They gave about 1,100 pounds of gold, about 6,000 pounds of silver and 100 pieces of clothing for the priests.
70. All the Israelites settled in their hometowns. The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers and temple servants, along with some of the other people, settled in their own towns.