Nechemyah 7:3-5

Orthodox Jewish Bible

³ And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Yerushalayim be opened until the shemesh be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the dalatot, and bar them, and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, every one in his watch, and every one to be near his bais.

⁴ Now the Ir was large and gedolah, but HaAm were few therein, and the batim (houses) were not rebuilt.

⁵ And Elohai put into mine lev to gather together the nobles, and the officials, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a Sefer HaYachash (record of the genealogy) of them which came up at the first, and found written therein: