Nehemiah 7:38-48

38 descendants of S'na'ah 3,930

39 "The cohanim: descendants of Y'da'yah, of the house of Yeshua 973

40 descendants of Immer 1,052

41 descendants of Pash'chur 1,247

42 descendants of Harim 1,017

43 "The L'vi'im: descendants of Yeshua, of Kadmi'el, of the descendants of Hodvah 74

44 "The singers: descendants of Asaf 148

45 "The gatekeepers: descendants of Shalum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of 'Akuv, descendants of Hatita, and descendants of Shovai 138

46 "The temple servants: descendants of Tzicha, descendants of Hasufa, descendants of Taba'ot,

47 descendants of Keros, descendants of Si'a, descendants of Padon,

48 descendants of L'vanah, descendants of Hagava, descendants of Salmai,

Nehemiah 7:38-48 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 7

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Ne 7:1-3, and concerned he was for the peopling of it, and having found a register of the first comers to it, gives their names, Ne 7:4-69 and some account of the freewill offerings made for the work they came about, Ne 7:70-73.