Nehemiah 7:5 MSG/NIV - Online Parallel Bible
| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 5 God put it in my heart to gather the nobles, the officials, and the people in general to be registered. I found the genealogical record of those who were in the first return from exile. This is the record I found: | 5 So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there: |
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