Nehemiah 7:5

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

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And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

In Context

4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

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Cross References

Ezra 2:62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Nehemiah 5:19Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

Nehemiah 7:64These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

James 1:16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:2-5

The Completion of the Wall. ( b. c. 445.) 1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants… Read the whole commentary →

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