Nehemia 7:5-6

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ¹  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ²  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ³ 

7:6 These are the people ⁴  of the province who returned ⁵  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ⁶  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ³ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ⁶ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.