Nehemiah 7:3

ויאמר לָהֶם לֹא יִפָּֽתְחוּ שַׁעֲרֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם עַד ־ חֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְעַד הֵם עֹמְדִים יָגִיפוּ הַדְּלָתוֹת וֶאֱחֹזוּ וְהַעֲמֵיד מִשְׁמְרוֹת יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אִישׁ בְּמִשְׁמָרוֹ וְאִישׁ נֶגֶד בֵּיתֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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 of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

In Context

2וָאֲצַוֶּה אֶת ־ חֲנָנִי אָחִי וְאֶת ־ חֲנַנְיָה שַׂר הַבִּירָה עַל ־ יְרוּשָׁלִָם כִּי ־ הוּא כְּאִישׁ אֱמֶת וְיָרֵא אֶת ־ הָאֱלֹהִים מֵרַבִּֽים ׃

4וְהָעִיר רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם וּגְדוֹלָה וְהָעָם מְעַט בְּתוֹכָהּ וְאֵין בָּתִּים בְּנוּיִֽם ׃

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Cross References

Nehemiah 3:28מֵעַל ׀ שַׁעַר הַסּוּסִים הֶחֱזִיקוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אִישׁ לְנֶגֶד בֵּיתֽוֹ ׃ ס

Psalms 127:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּֽעֲלוֹת לִשְׁלֹמֹה אִם ־ יְהוָה ׀ לֹא ־ יִבְנֶה בַיִת שָׁוְא ׀ עָמְלוּ בוֹנָיו בּוֹ אִם ־ יְהוָה לֹֽא ־ יִשְׁמָר ־ עִיר שָׁוְא ׀ שָׁקַד שׁוֹמֵֽר ׃

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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