Nehemiah 7:29-39

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.

34 The sons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

35 The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

36 The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

37 The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.

38 The sons of Sena'ah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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

Nehemiah 7:29-39 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.