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Nehemiah 7:1¹When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 6:1 Neh 6:15 2 Chr 31:2 1 Chr 23:1-32 1 Chr 25:1-26 Ezra 3:8 Neh 10:39 Neh 11:3 Neh 12:24 Neh 3:1-32

Nehemiah 7:2²I then put in charge over Jerusalem my brother Hanani and Hananiah the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 1:2 Ps 101:6 Matt 25:21 Neh 10:23 Neh 2:8 1 Kgs 18:3 Luke 16:10-12 1 Cor 4:2 1 Kgs 18:12 2 Sam 23:3

Nehemiah 7:3³I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:16 Neh 13:19 Neh 3:23 Neh 3:28-30 Ps 127:1

Nehemiah 7:4⁴Now the city was spread out and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. At that time houses had not been rebuilt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hag 1:4-6 Isa 58:12 Matt 6:33

Nehemiah 7:5⁵My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 3:5 1 Chr 9:1-9 1 Cor 15:10 2 Cor 8:16 Col 1:29 Ezra 2:62 Ezra 7:27 Jas 1:16 Neh 5:19 Neh 6:14

Nehemiah 7:6⁶These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:1-70 Ezra 5:8 Jer 52:1-34 Jer 39:1-18 2 Chr 36:1-23 2 Kgs 24:14-16 2 Kgs 25:11 Ezra 6:2

Nehemiah 7:7⁷They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelite men was as follows:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:2 Hag 1:1 Zech 3:1-3 Ezek 1:11 Ezra 3:8-9 Ezra 5:2 Matt 1:12-13 Neh 12:1 Neh 12:10 Neh 12:3

Nehemiah 7:8⁸the descendants of Parosh: 2,172;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:3 Ezra 8:3 Neh 10:14 Neh 10:25

Nehemiah 7:9⁹the descendants of Shephatiah: 372;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:4 Ezra 8:8

Nehemiah 7:10¹⁰the descendants of Arah: 652;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:5 Neh 6:18

Nehemiah 7:11¹¹the descendants of Pahath Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab): 2,818;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:6 Neh 10:14 Neh 8:4

Nehemiah 7:12¹²the descendants of Elam: 1,254;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 10:26 Ezra 2:7 Ezra 8:7

Nehemiah 7:13¹³the descendants of Zattu: 845;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:8

Nehemiah 7:14¹⁴the descendants of Zaccai: 760;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:9

Nehemiah 7:15¹⁵the descendants of Binnui: 648;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:10

Nehemiah 7:16¹⁶the descendants of Bebai: 628;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:11

Nehemiah 7:17¹⁷the descendants of Azgad: 2,322;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:12

Nehemiah 7:18¹⁸the descendants of Adonikam: 667;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:13

Nehemiah 7:19¹⁹the descendants of Bigvai: 2,067;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:14

Nehemiah 7:20²⁰the descendants of Adin: 655;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:15

Nehemiah 7:21²¹the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah): 98;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:16

Nehemiah 7:22²²the descendants of Hashum: 328;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:19

Nehemiah 7:23²³the descendants of Bezai: 324;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:17

Nehemiah 7:24²⁴the descendants of Harif: 112;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:18

Nehemiah 7:25²⁵the descendants of Gibeon: 95;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:20

Nehemiah 7:26²⁶The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: 188;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:21-22

Nehemiah 7:27²⁷the men of Anathoth: 128;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:23 Isa 10:30 Jer 1:1 Jer 11:21

Nehemiah 7:28²⁸the men of the family of Azmaveth: 42;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:24

Nehemiah 7:29²⁹the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth: 743;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:25 Josh 18:25 Josh 9:17 Judg 18:12

Nehemiah 7:30³⁰the men of Ramah and Geba: 621;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:26 Josh 18:24-25

Nehemiah 7:31³¹the men of Micmash: 122;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:23 1 Sam 13:5 Ezra 2:27 Isa 10:28

Nehemiah 7:32³²the men of Bethel and Ai: 123;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:28 Josh 8:17 Josh 8:9

Nehemiah 7:33³³the men of the other Nebo: 52;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:29

Nehemiah 7:34³⁴the descendants of the other Elam: 1,254;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 7:12 Ezra 2:31

Nehemiah 7:35³⁵the descendants of Harim: 320;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 10:31 Ezra 2:32

Nehemiah 7:36³⁶the descendants of Jericho: 345;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:34

Nehemiah 7:37³⁷the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 721;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 8:12 Ezra 2:33 Neh 11:34-35 Neh 6:2

Nehemiah 7:38³⁸the descendants of Senaah: 3,930;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:35

Nehemiah 7:39³⁹The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:7-19 Ezra 2:36

Nehemiah 7:40⁴⁰the descendants of Immer: 1,052;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:14 Ezra 2:37

Nehemiah 7:41⁴¹the descendants of Pashhur: 1,247;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:12 1 Chr 24:9 Ezra 10:22 Ezra 2:38

Nehemiah 7:42⁴²the descendants of Harim: 1,017.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:8 Ezra 10:31 Ezra 2:39

Nehemiah 7:43⁴³The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah): 74.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:40 Neh 3:9

Nehemiah 7:44⁴⁴The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 148.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 25:2 Ezra 2:41

Nehemiah 7:45⁴⁵The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 138.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 26:1-32 Ezra 2:42

Nehemiah 7:46⁴⁶The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:2 Ezra 2:43 Josh 9:23-27 Lev 27:2-8

Nehemiah 7:47⁴⁷the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:44

Nehemiah 7:48⁴⁸the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:45-46

Nehemiah 7:49⁴⁹the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Nehemiah 7:50⁵⁰the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Nehemiah 7:51⁵¹the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:49

Nehemiah 7:52⁵²the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:50

Nehemiah 7:53⁵³the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Nehemiah 7:54⁵⁴the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:52

Nehemiah 7:55⁵⁵the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:53

Nehemiah 7:56⁵⁶the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Nehemiah 7:57⁵⁷The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:55 Neh 11:3

Nehemiah 7:58⁵⁸the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:56

Nehemiah 7:59⁵⁹the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:57

Nehemiah 7:60⁶⁰All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:58

Nehemiah 7:61⁶¹These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they were really from Israel):Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:59

Nehemiah 7:62⁶²the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:60

Nehemiah 7:63⁶³And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:7 2 Sam 17:27 2 Sam 19:31-33 Ezra 2:61-63

Nehemiah 7:64⁶⁴They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:1 Neh 7:5 Neh 13:29 Matt 22:11-13

Nehemiah 7:65⁶⁵The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 28:30 Neh 8:9 Deut 33:8 Ezra 2:63 Neh 10:1 Num 27:21 Lev 10:17-18 Lev 2:10 Lev 2:3 Lev 21:21-23

Nehemiah 7:66⁶⁶The entire group numbered 42,360—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:64

Nehemiah 7:67⁶⁷not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:65 Isa 45:1-2 Jer 27:7

Nehemiah 7:68⁶⁸They had 736 horses, 245 mules,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:66-67

Nehemiah 7:69⁶⁹(7:68) 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Nehemiah 7:70⁷⁰Some of the family leaders contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 8:9 1 Chr 28:17 1 Chr 29:3-9 1 Kgs 7:45 2 Chr 4:11 2 Chr 4:8 Exod 12:22 Exod 24:6 Ezra 2:68-70 Jer 52:19

Nehemiah 7:71⁷¹Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:12 Job 34:19 Luke 21:1-4

Nehemiah 7:72⁷²What the rest of the people gave amounted to 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Nehemiah 7:73⁷³The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:70-3:1

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