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Nehemiah 7 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

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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 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 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; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. 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 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 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 and one hundred and seventy-two. 9 The children of Shephatiah: three hundred and seventy-two. 10 The children of Arah: six hundred and fifty-two. 11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 12 The children of Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four. 13 The children of Zattu: eight hundred and forty-five. 14 The children of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty. 15 The children of Binnui: six hundred and forty-eight. 16 The children of Bebai: six hundred and twenty-eight. 17 The children of Azgad: two thousand and three hundred and twenty-two. 18 The children of Adonikam: six hundred and sixty-seven. 19 The children of Bigvai: two thousand and sixty-seven. 20 The children of Adin: six hundred and fifty-five. 21 The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 22 The children of Hashum: three hundred and twenty-eight. 23 The children of Bezai: three hundred and twenty-four. 24 The children of Hariph: one hundred and twelve. 25 The children of Gibeon: ninety-five. 26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred and eighty-eight. 27 The men of Anathoth: one hundred and twenty-eight. 28 The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two. 29 The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred and forty-three. 30 The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred and twenty-one. 31 The men of Michmas: one hundred and twenty-two. 32 The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred and twenty-three. 33 The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two. 34 The children of the other Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four. 35 The children of Harim: three hundred and twenty. 36 The children of Jericho: three hundred and forty-five. 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred and twenty-one. 38 The children of Senaah: three thousand and nine hundred and thirty. 39 The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred and seventy-three. 40 The children of Immer: one thousand and fifty-two. 41 The children of Pashhur: one thousand and two hundred and forty-seven. 42 The children of Harim: one thousand and seventeen. 43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four. 44 The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred and forty-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 and thirty-eight. 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 56 the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha. 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, 59 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon. 60 All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two. 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. 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 searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood. 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 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty, 67 in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven. They had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women. 68 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five; 69 their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand and seven hundred and twenty. 70 Some from amongst 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 and thirty priests’ garments. 71 Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred minas of silver. 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 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

    Leader of the first returnees

    Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7

  • Bigvai

    Leader of the first returnees

    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

    Leader of the first returnees

    Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7

  • Hanani

    Nehemiah’s brother, put over Jerusalem

    One of Nehemiah’s brothers who brought the report from Judah about Jerusalem’s ruin; later put in charge of Jerusalem with Hananiah because he was faithful.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 7:2

  • Hananiah

    Commander of the fortress

    Appointed with Hanani to govern Jerusalem; a faithful man who feared God more than most.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 7:2

  • Mispar

    Leader of the first returnees

    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

    Leader of the first returnees

    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

    Leader of the first returnees

    Named only in Nehemiah 7:7 among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 7:7

  • Nehemiah

    Leader of the first returnees

    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

    Leader of the first returnees

    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

    Leader of the first returnees

    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

    Leader of the first returnees

    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 (67)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 6:15; 2 Chronicles 31:2; Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 3:1–32
  2. 2 Psalm 101:6; Nehemiah 1:2; Matthew 25:21; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 10:23
  3. 3 Nehemiah 13:19; Psalm 127:1; Nehemiah 3:28–30; Nehemiah 3:23; Matthew 10:16
  4. 4 Matthew 6:33; Isaiah 58:12; Haggai 1:4–6
  5. 5 2 Corinthians 3:5; Nehemiah 5:19; Colossians 1:29; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ezra 2:62
  6. 6 Ezra 5:8; Ezra 2:1–70; Jeremiah 52:1–34; Jeremiah 39:1–18; 2 Kings 24:14–16
  7. 7 Ezra 2:2; Zechariah 3:1–3; Haggai 1:1; Matthew 1:12–13; Nehemiah 12:1
  8. 8 Ezra 2:3; Ezra 8:3; Nehemiah 10:25; Nehemiah 10:14
  9. 9 Ezra 2:4; Ezra 8:8
  10. 10 Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18
  11. 11 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 10:14
  12. 12 Ezra 10:26; Ezra 8:7; Ezra 2:7
  13. 13 Ezra 2:8
  14. 14 Ezra 2:9
  15. 15 Ezra 2:10
  16. 16 Ezra 2:11
  17. 17 Ezra 2:12
  18. 18 Ezra 2:13
  19. 19 Ezra 2:14
  20. 20 Ezra 2:15
  21. 21 Ezra 2:16
  22. 22 Ezra 2:19
  23. 23 Ezra 2:17
  24. 24 Ezra 2:18
  25. 25 Ezra 2:20
  26. 26 Ezra 2:21–22
  27. 27 Jeremiah 1:1; Isaiah 10:30; Jeremiah 11:21; Ezra 2:23
  28. 28 Ezra 2:24
  29. 29 Joshua 18:25; Ezra 2:25; Joshua 9:17; Judges 18:12
  30. 30 Joshua 18:24–25; Ezra 2:26
  31. 31 Ezra 2:27; 1 Samuel 13:23; Isaiah 10:28; 1 Samuel 13:5
  32. 32 Ezra 2:28; Joshua 8:9; Joshua 8:17
  33. 33 Ezra 2:29
  34. 34 Nehemiah 7:12; Ezra 2:31
  35. 35 Ezra 10:31; Ezra 2:32
  36. 36 Ezra 2:34
  37. 37 1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 11:34–35; Nehemiah 6:2; Ezra 2:33
  38. 38 Ezra 2:35
  39. 39 1 Chronicles 24:7–19; Ezra 2:36
  40. 40 1 Chronicles 24:14; Ezra 2:37
  41. 41 1 Chronicles 9:12; 1 Chronicles 24:9; Ezra 10:22; Ezra 2:38
  42. 42 1 Chronicles 24:8; Ezra 2:39; Ezra 10:31
  43. 43 Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 3:9
  44. 44 Ezra 2:41; 1 Chronicles 25:2
  45. 45 Ezra 2:42; 1 Chronicles 26:1–32
  46. 46 Leviticus 27:2–8; Joshua 9:23–27; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43
  47. 47 Ezra 2:44
  48. 48 Ezra 2:45–46
  49. 51 Ezra 2:49
  50. 52 Ezra 2:50
  51. 54 Ezra 2:52
  52. 55 Ezra 2:53
  53. 57 Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 11:3
  54. 58 Ezra 2:56
  55. 59 Ezra 2:57
  56. 60 Ezra 2:58
  57. 61 Ezra 2:59
  58. 62 Ezra 2:60
  59. 63 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 19:31–33; 2 Samuel 17:27; Ezra 2:61–63
  60. 64 1 Chronicles 9:1; Nehemiah 7:5; Nehemiah 13:29; Matthew 22:11–13
  61. 65 Nehemiah 8:9; Exodus 28:30; Ezra 2:63; Deuteronomy 33:8; Nehemiah 10:1
  62. 66 Ezra 2:64
  63. 67 Ezra 2:65; Jeremiah 27:7; Isaiah 45:1–2
  64. 68 Ezra 2:66–67
  65. 70 Nehemiah 8:9; 1 Kings 7:45; Jeremiah 52:19; Numbers 7:2–86; 2 Chronicles 4:8
  66. 71 Job 34:19; Luke 21:1–4; 2 Corinthians 8:12
  67. 73 Ezra 2:70–3:1

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences