Nehemiah appoints guards for the gates and establishes genealogical records for citizenship and service.

• Why were Hanani and Hananiah put in charge?
• In light of the adversaries, newly built walls and ordering of the priesthood, why would establishing genealogies be important?
• Note verse 65—the point of this is that lacking written evidence, these individuals would be excluded until God told them otherwise via the Urim and Thummim.