1Forsothe aftir that the wal of Jerusalem was bildid, and Y hadde set yatis, and Y hadde noumbrid porters, and syngeris, 2and dekenys, Y comaundide to Aneny, my brother, and to Ananye, the prince of the hows of Jerusalem; for he semyde a sothefast man, and dredynge God more than othere men diden; 3`and Y seide `to hem, The yatis of Jerusalem ben not openyd `til to the heete of the sunne; and, whanne Y was yit present, the yatis weren closid, and lockid. And Y settide keperis of the dwelleris of Jerusalem, alle men bi her whilis, and ech man ayens his hows. 4Sotheli the citee was ful brood and greet, and litil puple was in myddis therof, and housis weren not bildid. 5Forsothe God yaf in myn herte, and Y gaderide togidere the principal men, and magistratis, and the comyn puple, for to noumbre hem; and Y foond the book of the noumbre of hem, that hadden stied first. And it was foundun writun ther ynne, 6These ben the sones of the prouynce, `that stieden fro the caitifte of men passynge ouer, whiche Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, hadde `translatid, ether led ouer; 7and thei that weren comun with Zorobabel turneden ayen in to Jerusalem and in to Judee, ech man in to his citee; Josue, Neemye, Azarie, Raanye, Naanum, Mardochee, Bethsar, Mespharath, Beggaay, Naum, Baana. The noumbre of men of the puple of Israel; 8the sones of Pharos, two thousynde an hundrid and two and seuenti; the sones of Saphaie, 9thre hundrid and two and seuenti; 10the sones of Area, sixe hundrid and two and fifti; the sones of Phaeth Moab, 11of the sones of Josue and of Joab, two thousynde eiyte hundrid and eiytene; 12the sones of Helam, a thousynde eiyte hundrid and foure and fifti; 13the sones of Ezecua, eiyte hundrid and fyue and fourti; 14the sones of Zachai, seuene hundrid and sixti; 15the sones of Bennuy, sixe hundrid and eiyte and fourti; 16the sones of Hebahi, sixe hundrid and eiyte and twenti; 17the sones of Degad, two thousynde thre hundrid and two and twenti; 18the sones of Azonicam, sixe hundrid and seuene and sixti; 19the sones of Bagoamy, two thousynde and seuene and sixti; 20the sones of Adyn, sixe hundrid and fiue and fifti; 21the sones of Azer, sone of Ezechie, eiyte and twenti; 22the sones of Asem, thre hundrid and eiyte and twenti; the sones of Bethsai, 23thre hundrid and foure and twenti; 24the sones of Areph, an hundrid and seuene and twenti; 25the sones of Zabaon, fyue and twenti; 26the men of Bethleem and of Necupha, an hundrid foure score and eiyte; 27the men of Anatoth, an hundrid and eiyte and twenti; 28the men of Bethamoth, two and fourti; 29the men of Cariathiarym, of Cephura, and Beroth, seuene hundrid and thre and fourti; 30the men of Rama and of Gabaa, sixe hundrid and oon and twenti; the men of Machimas, 31two hundrid and two and twenti; 32the men of Bethel and of Hay, an hundrid and thre and twenti; the men of the tother Nebo, 33two and fifti; 34the men of the tother Helam, a thousynde two hundrid and foure and fifti; 35the sones of Arem, thre hundrid and twenti; 36the sones of Jerico, thre hundrid and fyue and fourti; 37the sones of Joiadid and Anon, seuene hundrid and oon and twenti; 38the sones of Senaa, thre thousynde nyne hundrid and thritti; preestis, 39the sones of Idaie, in the hous of Josua, nyne hundrid and foure and seuenti; the sones of Emmer, 40a thousynde and two and fifti; 41the sones of Phassur, a thousynd two hundrid and `seuene and fourti; 42the sones of Arem, a thousynde and eiytene; 43dekenes, the sones of Josue and of Gadymel, 44sones of Odyna, foure and seuenti; 45syngeris, the sones of Asaph, an hundrid and seuene and fourti; 46porteris, the sones of Sellum, sones of Ater, sones of Thelmon, sones of Accub, sones of Accita, sones of Sobai, an hundrid and eiyte and thretti; 47Nathynneis, sones of Soa, sones of Aspha, sones of Thebaoth, sones of Cheros, 48sones of Sicca, sones of Phado, sones of Lebana, sones of Agaba, sones of Selmon, 49sones of Anan, sones of Geddel, 50sones of Gaer, sones of Raaie, sones of Rasym, 51sones of Necuda, sones of Jezem, sones of Asa, sones of Phascha, sones of Besai, 52sones of Mynum, sones of Nephusym, 53sones of Bechue, sones of Acupha, sones of Assur, 54sones of Belloth, sones of Meida, 55sones of Arsa, sones of Berchos, sones of Sisara, 56sones of Thema, sones of Nesia, 57sones of Atipha, sones of the seruauntis of Salomon, sones of Sothai, sones of Sophoreth, 58sones of Pherida, sones of Jacala, sones of Dalcon, sones of Geddel, sones of Saphatie, 59sones of Atthal, the sones of Phetereth, `that was borun of Abaim, sone of Amon; 60alle Natynneis, and the sones of the seruauntis of Salomon, weren thre hundrid and two and twenti. 61Forsothe these it ben that stieden, Dethemel, Mela, Thelarsa, Cherub, Addo, and Emmer, and myyten not schewe the hows of her fadris, and her seed, whether thei weren of Israel; the sones of Dalaie, 62the sones of Tobie, the sones of Nethoda, sixe hundrid and two and fourti; 63and of prestis, the sones of Abia, the sones of Achos, the sones of Berzellai, that took a wijf of the douytris of Berzellai of Galaad, and was clepid bi the name of hem; 64these souyten the scripture of her genelogie, and founden not, and weren cast out of presthod. 65And Athersata seide to hem, that thei schulden not eete of the hooli thingis of hooli men, til a wijs prest `and lerud roos. 66Al the multitude as o man, two and fourti thousynde sixe hundrid and sixti, 67outakun the seruauntis and handmaidis of hem, that weren seuene thousynde thre hundrid and seuene and thretti; and among the syngeris and syngeressis, sixe hundrid and fyue and fourti. 68The horsis of hem, sixe hundrid and sixe and thritti; the mulis of hem, two hundrid and fyue and fourti; 69the camels of hem, foure hundrid and fyue and thritti; the assis of hem, sixe thousynde eiyte hundrid and thritti. 70Forsothe summe of the princes of meynees yauen costis in to the werk of God; Athersata yaf in to the tresour, a thousynde dragmes of gold, fifti viols, fyue hundrid and thritti cootis of prestis. 71And of the prynces of meynees thei yauen in to the tresour of the werk, twenti thousynde dragmes of gold, and two thousynde and two hundrid besauntis of siluer. 72And that that the residue puple yaf, twenti thousynde dragmes of gold, and two thousynde besauntis of siluer, and seuene and sixti cootis of prestis. Sotheli prestis, and dekenes, and porteris, and syngeris, and the residue puple, and Natynneis, and al Israel dwelliden in her citees.