Nehemiah 7:39-49

39 The Kohanim: The children of Yedayah, of the house of Yeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

40 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.

41 The children of Pashchur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.

42 The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.

43 The Levites: the children of Yeshua, of Kadmi'el, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.

44 The singers: the children of Asaf, one hundred forty-eight.

45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of `Akkuv, the children of Hatita, the children of Shovai, one hundred thirty-eight.

46 The temple servants: the children of Tzicha, the children of Hasufa, the children of Tabba`ot,

47 the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

48 the children of Levanah, the children of Hagava, the children of Salmai,

49 the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gachar,

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.