Nehemiah · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Nehemiah 7 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
1 Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 that I gave charge to Ananias my brother, and Ananias the ruler of the palace, over Jerusalem: for he was a true man, and one that feared God beyond many.
2 I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.
3 And I said to them, The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened till sunrise; and while they are still watching, let the doors be shut, and bolted; and set watches of them that dwell in Jerusalem, [every] man at his post, and [every] man over against his house.
3 I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them; and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
4 Now the city [was] wide and large; and the people [were] few in it, and the houses were not built.
4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
5 And God put [it] into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, into companies: and I found a register of the company that came up first, and I found written in it as follows:
5 My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:
6 Now these [are] the children of the country, that came up from captivity, of the number which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried away, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, [every] man to his city;
6 These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city,
7 with Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and Nehemiah, Azariah, and Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Ezra, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah, Masphar, men of the people of Israel.
7 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
8 The children of Parosh: two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
9 The children of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy-two.
10 The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
10 The children of Arah: six hundred fifty-two.
11 The children of Pahath-moab, with the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand six hundred and eighteen.
11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand eight hundred eighteen.
12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
12 The children of Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.
13 The children of Zattu: eight hundred forty-five.
14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
14 The children of Zaccai: seven hundred sixty.
15 The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.
15 The children of Binnui: six hundred forty-eight.
16 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.
16 The children of Bebai: six hundred twenty-eight.
17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.
17 The children of Azgad: two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
18 The children of Adonikam: six hundred sixty-seven.
19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.
19 The children of Bigvai: two thousand sixty-seven.
20 The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.
20 The children of Adin: six hundred fifty-five.
21 The children of Ater, [the son] of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
21 The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22 The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.
22 The children of Hashum: three hundred twenty-eight.
23 The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.
23 The children of Bezai: three hundred twenty-four.
24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve: the children of Asen, two hundred and twenty-three.
24 The children of Hariph: one hundred twelve.
25 The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
25 The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
26 The children of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty-three: the children of Netophah, fifty-six.
26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.
27 The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
27 The men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight.
28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.
28 The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
29 The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
29 The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
31 The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three.
33 The men of Nebo, a hundred and fifty-two.
33 The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
34 The men of Elam-ar, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two.
34 The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
35 The children of Harim: three hundred twenty.
36 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
36 The children of Jericho: three hundred forty-five.
37 The children of Lod-hadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.
37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred twenty-one.
38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
38 The children of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred thirty.
39 The priests; the sons of Jedaiah, [pertaining] to the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
39 The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy-three.
40 The children of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two.
40 The children of Immer: one thousand fifty-two.
41 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
41 The children of Pashhur: one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
42 The children of Harim: one thousand seventeen.
43 The Levites; the children of Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.
44 The singers; the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
44 The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred forty-eight.
45 The porters; the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.
45 The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai: one hundred thirty-eight.
46 The Nathinim; the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
46 The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
47 the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
47 the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
48 the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49 the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
49 the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
50 the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
51 the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
52 the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
52 the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
53 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
53 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
54 the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
55 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
56 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
56 the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.
57 The children of the servants of Solomon; the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
57 The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
58 the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth, the children of Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
59 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon.
60 All the Nathinim, and children of the servants of Solomon, [were] three hundred and ninety-two.
60 All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred ninety-two.
61 And these went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, Immer: but they could not declare the houses of their families, or their seed, whether they were of Israel.
61 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred forty-two.
63 And of the priests; the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, for they took wives of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they were called by their name.
63 Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
64 These sought the pedigree of their company, and it was not found, and they were removed [as polluted] from the priesthood.
64 These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
65 And the Athersastha said, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should stand up to give light.
65 The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.
66 And all the congregation was about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
66 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
67 besides their menservants and their maidservants: these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven: and the singing men and singing women, two hundred and forty-five.
67 in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. They had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women. 68 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
69 Two thousand seven hundred asses.
69 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
70 And part of the heads of families gave into the treasury to Nehemiah for the work a thousand pieces of gold, fifty bowls, and thirty priests’ [garments].
70 Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.
71 And [some] of the heads of families gave into the treasuries of the work, twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand three hundred pounds of silver.
71 Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
72 And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ [garments].
72 That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
73 And the priests, and Levites, and porters, and singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nathinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities.
73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Baanah
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Bigvai
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua; also the name of a returning family.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Bilshan
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Mispar
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives Mispereth).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Mordecai
Named among the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel; the text does not identify him with Esther’s Mordecai.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Nahamani
Named only in Nehemiah 7:7 among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 7:7
Nehemiah
One of the leaders who came back with Zerubbabel and Jeshua; not described further, and not necessarily the later governor.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Reelaiah
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives Raamiah).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Rehum
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives Nehum).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Seraiah
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives the name as Azariah).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Cross references (66)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 6:15; 2 Chronicles 31:2; Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 3:1–32
- 2 Psalm 101:6; Nehemiah 1:2; Matthew 25:21; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 10:23
- 3 Nehemiah 13:19; Psalm 127:1; Nehemiah 3:28–30; Nehemiah 3:23; Matthew 10:16
- 4 Matthew 6:33; Isaiah 58:12; Haggai 1:4–6
- 5 2 Corinthians 3:5; Nehemiah 5:19; Colossians 1:29; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ezra 2:62
- 6 Ezra 5:8; Ezra 2:1–70; Jeremiah 52:1–34; Jeremiah 39:1–18; 2 Kings 24:14–16
- 7 Ezra 2:2; Zechariah 3:1–3; Haggai 1:1; Matthew 1:12–13; Nehemiah 12:1
- 8 Ezra 2:3; Ezra 8:3; Nehemiah 10:25; Nehemiah 10:14
- 9 Ezra 2:4; Ezra 8:8
- 10 Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18
- 11 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 10:14
- 12 Ezra 10:26; Ezra 8:7; Ezra 2:7
- 13 Ezra 2:8
- 14 Ezra 2:9
- 15 Ezra 2:10
- 16 Ezra 2:11
- 17 Ezra 2:12
- 18 Ezra 2:13
- 19 Ezra 2:14
- 20 Ezra 2:15
- 21 Ezra 2:16
- 22 Ezra 2:19
- 23 Ezra 2:17
- 24 Ezra 2:18
- 25 Ezra 2:20
- 26 Ezra 2:21–22
- 27 Jeremiah 1:1; Isaiah 10:30; Jeremiah 11:21; Ezra 2:23
- 28 Ezra 2:24
- 29 Joshua 18:25; Ezra 2:25; Joshua 9:17; Judges 18:12
- 30 Joshua 18:24–25; Ezra 2:26
- 31 Ezra 2:27; 1 Samuel 13:23; Isaiah 10:28; 1 Samuel 13:5
- 32 Ezra 2:28; Joshua 8:9; Joshua 8:17
- 33 Ezra 2:29
- 34 Nehemiah 7:12; Ezra 2:31
- 35 Ezra 10:31; Ezra 2:32
- 36 Ezra 2:34
- 37 1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 11:34–35; Nehemiah 6:2; Ezra 2:33
- 38 Ezra 2:35
- 39 1 Chronicles 24:7–19; Ezra 2:36
- 40 1 Chronicles 24:14; Ezra 2:37
- 41 1 Chronicles 9:12; 1 Chronicles 24:9; Ezra 10:22; Ezra 2:38
- 42 1 Chronicles 24:8; Ezra 2:39; Ezra 10:31
- 43 Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 3:9
- 44 Ezra 2:41; 1 Chronicles 25:2
- 45 Ezra 2:42; 1 Chronicles 26:1–32
- 46 Leviticus 27:2–8; Joshua 9:23–27; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43
- 47 Ezra 2:44
- 48 Ezra 2:45–46
- 51 Ezra 2:49
- 52 Ezra 2:50
- 54 Ezra 2:52
- 55 Ezra 2:53
- 57 Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 11:3
- 58 Ezra 2:56
- 59 Ezra 2:57
- 60 Ezra 2:58
- 61 Ezra 2:59
- 62 Ezra 2:60
- 63 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 19:31–33; 2 Samuel 17:27; Ezra 2:61–63
- 64 1 Chronicles 9:1; Nehemiah 7:5; Nehemiah 13:29; Matthew 22:11–13
- 65 Nehemiah 8:9; Exodus 28:30; Ezra 2:63; Deuteronomy 33:8; Nehemiah 10:1
- 66 Ezra 2:64
- 67 Ezra 2:65; Jeremiah 27:7; Isaiah 45:1–2
- 70 Nehemiah 8:9; 1 Kings 7:45; Jeremiah 52:19; Numbers 7:2–86; 2 Chronicles 4:8
- 71 Job 34:19; Luke 21:1–4; 2 Corinthians 8:12
- 73 Ezra 2:70–3:1
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences