Nehemiah 7:39-49

39 The priests: the sons of Jedai'ah, namely the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

40 The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.

41 The sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven.

42 The sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

43 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kad'mi-el of the sons of Ho'devah, seventy-four.

44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

45 The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hati'ta, the sons of Sho'bai, a hundred and thirty-eight.

46 The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasu'pha, the sons of Tabba'oth,

47 the sons of Keros, the sons of Si'a, the sons of Padon,

48 the sons of Leba'na, the sons of Hag'aba, the sons of Shalmai,

49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,

Nehemiah 7:39-49 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.