Nehemiah 7
7
The Exiles Return
1When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, # Neh 6:1 the gatekeepers, # Ezr 2:40-42; Neh 7:43-45 singers, and Levites were appointed. 2Then I put my brother Hanani # Neh 1:2 in charge of Jerusalem, # Neh 3:9,12 along with Hananiah, # Neh 10:23 commander of the fortress, # Neh 2:8 because he was a faithful man who feared God # 1Kg 18:3; Neh 5:9,15 more than most. 3I 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.” # Neh 4:13,16,22-23
4The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet. # Neh 11:1 5Then my God put it into my mind # Pr 2:6 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: # Ezr 2:1-70
6These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar # 2Ch 36:20 of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town. # Ezr 2:1 7They came with Zerubbabel, # Hg 1:1 Jeshua, # Ezr 2:2; 5:2; Zch 3:3,8 Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included:
| 8Parosh’s descendants# Ezr 2:3; 8:3; 10:25; Neh 3:25 | 2,172 |
| 9Shephatiah’s descendants | 372 |
| 10Arah’s descendants | 652 |
| 11Pahath-moab’s descendants: | |
| Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants | 2,818 |
| 12Elam’s descendants | 1,254 |
| 13Zattu’s descendants | 845 |
| 14Zaccai’s descendants | 760 |
| 15Binnui’s descendants | 648 |
| 16Bebai’s descendants | 628 |
| 17Azgad’s descendants | 2,322 |
| 18Adonikam’s descendants# Ezr 2:13; 8:13 | 667 |
| 19Bigvai’s descendants | 2,067 |
| 20Adin’s descendants# Ezr 2:15; 8:6 | 655 |
| 21Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah | 98 |
| 22Hashum’s descendants | 328 |
| 23Bezai’s descendants | 324 |
| 24Hariph’s descendants | 112 |
| 25Gibeon’s# = Gibbar’s in Ezr 2:20descendants | 95 |
| 26Bethlehem’s# Ezr 2:21; Mc 5:2and Netophah’s# 2Sm 23:28; 2Kg 25:23; Ezr 2:22men | 188 |
| 27Anathoth’s# Ezr 2:23; Neh 11:32; Jr 1:1men | 128 |
| 28Beth-azmaveth’s men | 42 |
| 29Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men | 743 |
| 30Ramah’s and Geba’s men | 621 |
| 31Michmas’s men | 122 |
| 32Bethel’s and Ai’s men# Gn 12:8; Jos 7:2; Ezr 2:28 | 123 |
| 33the other Nebo’s men | 52 |
| 34the other Elam’s people | 1,254 |
| 35Harim’s people | 320 |
| 36Jericho’s people# Jos 6:1; Ezr 2:34; Neh 3:2 | 345 |
| 37Lod’s,# 1Ch 8:12; Ezr 2:33; Ac 9:32Hadid’s, and Ono’s people | 721 |
| 38Senaah’s people | 3,930. |
39The priests included:
| Jedaiah’s# 1Ch 24:7; Ezr 2:36descendants of the house of Jeshua | 973 |
| 40Immer’s descendants | 1,052 |
| 41Pashhur’s descendants | 1,247 |
| 42Harim’s descendants | 1,017. |
43The Levites # Ezr 2:40; 7:7; 8:15; Neh 13:30 included:
| Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel | |
| Hodevah’s descendants | 74. |
44The singers # 1Ch 15:16; Ezr 2:41-43 included:
| Asaph’s descendants | 148. |
45The gatekeepers # 1Ch 9:17-27 included:
| Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, | |
| Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, | |
| Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants | 138. |
46The temple servants # Neh 11:21 included:
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, 47Keros’s descendants,
Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
48Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Shalmai’s descendants, 49Hanan’s descendants,
Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
50Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, 51Gazzam’s descendants,
Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
52Besai’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants,
Nephishesim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Nephushesim’s descendants, 53Bakbuk’s descendants,
Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,
54Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants,
Harsha’s descendants, 55Barkos’s descendants,
Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,
56Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.
57The descendants of Solomon’s servants # 1Kg 9:21; Ezr 2:55 included:
Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants,
Perida’s descendants, 58Jaala’s descendants,
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,
59Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,
Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, Amon’s descendants.
| 60All the temple servants | |
| and the descendants of Solomon’s servants# Ezr 2:58 | 392. |
61The following # Ezr 2:59-60 are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their families and ancestors were Israelite:
| 62Delaiah’s descendants, | |
| Tobiah’s descendants, | |
| and Nekoda’s descendants | 642 |
63and 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 was called by their name. 64These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 65The governor # Ezr 2:63; 5:14 ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. # Ex 28:30; Lv 8:8; Ezr 2:63
| 66The whole combined assembly numbered | 42,360 |
| 67not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, | |
| as well as their 245 male and female singers. | |
| 68They had 736 horses, 245 mules,# Some Hb mss, LXX; Ezr 2:66; other Hb mss omit v. 68 | |
| 69435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.# Ezr 2:64-70 |
70Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins, # Or drachmas, or darics ; also in vv. 71-72 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury. 71Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas # A Babylonian coin worth 50 shekels to the treasury for the project. 72The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. 73So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. # The second half of v. 73 is better understood when placed with 8:1. # 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 2:70; Neh 7:6
Public Reading of the Law
When the seventh month # Lv 23:23-43; Ezr 3:1 came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,
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