Nehemiah 7:33-43

33 the men of the other Nebo, two and fifty;
34 the men of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;
35 the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;
36 the sons of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;
37 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and one and twenty;
38 the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty;
39 priests; the sons of Jedaiah, in the house of Joshua, nine hundred and four and seventy; (the priests; the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;)
40 the sons of Immer, a thousand and two and fifty;
41 the sons of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and seven and forty;
42 the sons of Harim, a thousand and eighteen (a thousand and seventeen);
43 deacons; the sons of Joshua, and of Kadmiel, (of) the sons of Hodevah, four and seventy; (the Levites; the sons of Jeshua, and of Kadmiel, of the house of Hodevah, seventy-four;)

Nehemiah 7:33-43 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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