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Nehemiah 7

Neh. 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now it came to pass, when the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
was built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and I had set up
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
they doors
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
, and the porters
show`er (Hebrew #7778)
a janitor
KJV usage: doorkeeper, porter.
Pronounce: sho-are'
Origin: or shomer {sho-are'}: active participle of 8176 (as denominative from 8179)
and the singers
shiyr (Hebrew #7891)
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing
KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}
and the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
were appointed
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
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1-4:  Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah.
5-8:  A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon;
9-38:  of the people;
39-42:  of the priests;
43-45:  of the Levites;
46-56:  of the Nethinims;
57-62:  of Solomon's servants;
63-65:  and of the priests which could not find their pedigree;
66-69:  The whole number of them, with their substance.
70-73:  Their oblations.
the wall.
Neh. 3:1‑32• 1And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up its doors; and they hallowed it even to the tower of Meah, to the tower of Hananeel.
2And next to them built the men of Jericho. And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.
3And the fish-gate did the sons of Senaah build: they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.
4And next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
6And the gate of the old wall repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.
7And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the seat of the governor on this side the river.
8Next to them repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths; and next to him repaired Hananiah of the perfumers, and they left Jerusalem in its state as far as the broad wall.
9And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
10And next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
11Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired a second piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12And next to them repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.
14And the dung-gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the chief of the district of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.
15And the fountain-gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the chief of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, and to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth-zur, even over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the chief of the half district of Keilah, for his district.
18After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the chief of the half district of Keilah.
19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, a second piece over against the going up to the armoury at the angle.
20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another piece, from the angle to the entry of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of the house of Eliashib.
22And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain of Jordan.
23After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, by his house.
24After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah to the angle, as far as the corner.
25Palal the son of Uzai, over against the angle, and the high tower that lies out from the king's house, which was by the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, even over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower which lies out.)
27After him the Tekoites repaired a second piece, over against the great tower which lies out, as far as the wall of Ophel.
28From above the horse-gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. And after him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
30After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, a second piece. After them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
31After him repaired Malchijah of the goldsmiths to the place of the Nethinim and of the dealers, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
32And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the dealers.
(Neh. 3:1‑32)
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Neh. 6:15• 15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. (Neh. 6:15)
I had set up.
the porters.
Neh. 10:39• 39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God. (Neh. 10:39)
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Neh. 11:3• 3And these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. (Neh. 11:3)
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Neh. 12:24• 24And the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. (Neh. 12:24)
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1 Chron. 23:1‑32• 1And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
8The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
11And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14--And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
17And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18--The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second.
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
25For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;
26and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.
27For by the last words of David was this done,--the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
28For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and for the work of the service of the house of God;
29and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for what is baked in the pan, and for that which is saturated with oil, and for all measure of capacity and size;
30and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;
31and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;
32and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chron. 23:1‑32)
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1 Chron. 25:1‑26:32• 1And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was:
2of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king.
3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
4Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:
5all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.
7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.
9And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.
10The third to Zaccur; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
11The fourth to Jizri; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
12The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
13The sixth to Bukkijah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
14The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
15The eighth to Isaiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
16The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
17The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
18The eleventh to Azareel; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
19The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
20The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
21The fourteenth to Mattithiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
22The fifteenth to Jeremoth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
23The sixteenth to Hananiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
25The eighteenth to Hanani; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
26The nineteenth to Mallothi; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
27The twentieth to Elijathah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
28The twenty-first to Hothir; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
29The twenty-second to Giddalti; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
30The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
31The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
1The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4--And the sons of Obed-Edom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God had blessed him.
6And to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who were rulers in their father's house; for they were mighty men of valour.
7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu and Semachiah.
8All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service, were sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
9--And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, men of valour, eighteen.
10--And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;
11Hilkijah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.
13And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward;
15to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
16To Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch.
17Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two and two.
18At the portico westward, four at the causeway, two at the portico.
19These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.
20And the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
21The sons of Laadan, the sons of the Gershonites of Laadan, chief fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli;
22the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
23As to the Amramites, the Jizharites, the Hebronites, the Uzzielites … .
24And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was overseer of the treasures.
25And his brethren, of Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, and Isaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which king David, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated
27(from the wars and out of the spoils had they dedicated them, to maintain the house of Jehovah),
28and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated: all that was dedicated was under the hand of Shelomith and of his brethren.
29Of the Jizharites, Chenaniah and his sons were over Israel, for the outward business for officers and judges.
30Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, for the administration of Israel on this side Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.
31Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the head; (as to the Hebronites, according to their families according to the fathers: in the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jaazer in Gilead;)
32and his brethren, men of valour, two thousand seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and the affairs of the king.
(1 Chron. 25:1‑26:32)
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2 Chron. 31:2• 2And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 31:2)
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Ezra 3:8• 8And in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to superintend the work of the house of Jehovah. (Ezra 3:8)
 Jerusalem was to be administered according to principles laid out in the Word of God — especially those established by King David. (Porters, Singers, and Levites - Neh. 7:1 by N. Simon)
 Firstly we have the porters; these minded the gates. Though it may be contrary to our natural thoughts, God would have us to be vigilant as to who comes and goes in the assembly. (Porters, Singers, and Levites - Neh. 7:1 by N. Simon)
 {singers} (1 Chron. 6:31-32). They offered up praise to God day and night (1 Chron. 9:33). Surely, we are reminded of our sacrifice of praise. (Porters, Singers, and Levites - Neh. 7:1 by N. Simon)
 {Levites}  As with the pattern we see elsewhere in Scripture, that portion which belongs to God comes first — worship — and then service follows. Leviticus precedes the book of Numbers; our sacrifice of praise is to take precedence over our giving of self and substance (Heb. 13:15-16). (Porters, Singers, and Levites - Neh. 7:1 by N. Simon)
 The "doorkeepers" of the assembly have the responsibility of asking for the production of the evidence that they are what they claim to be. (See Acts 9:26, 27 Pet. 3:15.) Laxity or neglect in this respect has been productive of the most serious consequences in many an assembly. (Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 7 by E. Dennett)
 {singers}  The psalmist alludes to these when he says, "Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: they will be still praising Thee." Psalm 84:4. Such was the occupation of the singers—praising the Lord "day and night" (1 Chron. 9:33); a shadow of the perpetual employment of the redeemed in heaven (Rev. 5). (Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 7 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.