Nehemiah 7:23-33

23 The sons of Be'zai, three hundred and twenty-four.
24 The sons of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
25 The sons of Gibeon, ninety-five.
26 The men of Bethlehem and Neto'phah, a hundred and eighty-eight.
27 The men of An'athoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
28 The men of Beth-az'maveth, forty-two.
29 The men of Kir'iath-je'arim, Chephi'rah, and Be-er'oth, seven hundred and forty-three.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.
31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.

Nehemiah 7:23-33 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.

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