Nehemiah 7:5

וַיִּתֵּן אֱלֹהַי אֶל ־ לִבִּי וָאֶקְבְּצָה אֶת ־ הַחֹרִים וְאֶת ־ הַסְּגָנִים וְאֶת ־ הָעָם לְהִתְיַחֵשׂ וָֽאֶמְצָא סֵפֶר הַיַּחַשׂ הָעוֹלִים בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה וָאֶמְצָא כָּתוּב בּֽוֹ ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

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

6אֵלֶּה ׀ בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה הָעֹלִים מִשְּׁבִי הַגּוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר הֶגְלָה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וַיָּשׁוּבוּ לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם וְלִיהוּדָה אִישׁ לְעִירֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Ezra 2:62אֵלֶּה בִּקְשׁוּ כְתָבָם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂים וְלֹא נִמְצָאוּ וַֽיְגֹאֲלוּ מִן ־ הַכְּהֻנָּֽה ׃

Nehemiah 5:19זָכְרָה ־ לִּי אֱלֹהַי לְטוֹבָה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשִׂיתִי עַל ־ הָעָם הַזֶּֽה ׃ פ

Nehemiah 7:64אֵלֶּה בִּקְשׁוּ כְתָבָם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂים וְלֹא נִמְצָא וַיְגֹֽאֲלוּ מִן ־ הַכְּהֻנָּֽה ׃

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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