Nehemiah 7

Nehemiah 7:1 When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

Nehemiah 7:2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, captain of the fortress, because he was a reliable[1] man who feared God more than most.

Nehemiah 7:3 I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”

Nehemiah 7:4 The city was large and spacious, but few people lived there, and no houses had been built yet.

Nehemiah 7:5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:

Nehemiah 7:6 These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his town.

Nehemiah 7:7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included

Nehemiah 7:8 Parosh’s descendants 2,172

Nehemiah 7:9 Shephatiah’s descendants 372

Nehemiah 7:10 Arah’s descendants 652

Nehemiah 7:11 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,818

Nehemiah 7:12 Elam’s descendants 1,254

Nehemiah 7:13 Zattu’s descendants 845

Nehemiah 7:14 Zaccai’s descendants 760

Nehemiah 7:15 Binnui’s descendants 648

Nehemiah 7:16 Bebai’s descendants 628

Nehemiah 7:17 Azgad’s descendants 2,322

Nehemiah 7:18 Adonikam’s descendants 667

Nehemiah 7:19 Bigvai’s descendants 2,067

Nehemiah 7:20 Adin’s descendants 655

Nehemiah 7:21 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98

Nehemiah 7:22 Hashum’s descendants 328

Nehemiah 7:23 Bezai’s descendants 324

Nehemiah 7:24 Hariph’s descendants 112

Nehemiah 7:25 Gibeon’s descendants 95

Nehemiah 7:26 Bethlehem’s and Netophah’s men 188

Nehemiah 7:27 Anathoth’s men 128

Nehemiah 7:28 Beth-azmaveth’s men 42

Nehemiah 7:29 Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men 743

Nehemiah 7:30 Ramah’s and Geba’s men 621

Nehemiah 7:31 Michmas’s men 122

Nehemiah 7:32 Bethel’s and Ai’s men 123

Nehemiah 7:33 the other Nebo’s men 52

Nehemiah 7:34 the other Elam’s people 1,254

Nehemiah 7:35 Harim’s people 320

Nehemiah 7:36 Jericho’s people 345

Nehemiah 7:37 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 721

Nehemiah 7:38 Senaah’s people 3,930.

Nehemiah 7:39 The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973

Nehemiah 7:40 Immer’s descendants 1,052

Nehemiah 7:41 Pashhur’s descendants 1,247

Nehemiah 7:42 Harim’s descendants 1,017.

Nehemiah 7:43 The Levites included Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel, Hodevah’s descendants 74.

Nehemiah 7:44 The singers included Asaph’s descendants 148.

Nehemiah 7:45 The gatekeepers included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants 138.

Nehemiah 7:46 The temple servants included Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:47 Keros’s descendants, Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:48 Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants, Shalmai’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:49 Hanan’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:50 Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:51 Gazzam’s descendants, Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:52 Besai’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants, Nephishesim’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:53 Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:54 Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:55 Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:56 Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.

Nehemiah 7:57 The descendants of Solomon’s servants included Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants, Perida’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:58 Jaala’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

Nehemiah 7:59 Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, Amon’s descendants.

Nehemiah 7:60 All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.

Nehemiah 7:61 The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their ancestral families and their seed[2] were Israelite:

Nehemiah 7:62 Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, and Nekoda’s descendants 642

Nehemiah 7:63 and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name.

Nehemiah 7:64 These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 7:65 The governor ordered them not to consume the most sacred[3] things until there was a priest who could consult the Lights[4] and Darks.[5]

Nehemiah 7:66 The whole combined congregation numbered 42,360

Nehemiah 7:67 not including their 7,337 male and female[6] slaves, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

Nehemiah 7:68 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

Nehemiah 7:69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Nehemiah 7:70 Some of the family heads contributed to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.

Nehemiah 7:71 Some of the family heads gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.

Nehemiah 7:72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 7:73 The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month came, and the Israelites had settled in their cities,

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[1] אֱמֶת = reliable, reliability. Nehemiah 7:2; 9:13, 33.

[2] זֶרָע = seed. Nehemiah 7:61; 9:2, 8.

[3] קֹדֶשׁ = sacred. Nehemiah 7:65; 9:14; 10:31, 33; 11:1, 18.

[4]אוּרִים = lights. Nehemiah 7:65.

[5] תֻּמִּים. = darks. Nehemiah 7:65.

[6] אָמָה = female slave. Nehemiah 7:67.

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