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Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then my God put it into my mind<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They came with Zerubbabel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Jeshua,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.</p><p class="scripture">The number of the Israelite men included<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nehemiah.7.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><table><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Parosh’s descendants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td><td>2,172</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Shephatiah’s descendants</td><td>372</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Arah’s descendants</td><td>652</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Pahath-moab’s descendants:</td></tr><tr><td>Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants</td><td>2,818</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Elam’s descendants</td><td>1,254</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Zattu’s descendants</td><td>845</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Zaccai’s descendants</td><td>760</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Binnui’s descendants</td><td>648</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Bebai’s descendants</td><td>628</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Azgad’s descendants</td><td>2,322</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Adonikam’s descendants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td><td>667</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Bigvai’s descendants</td><td>2,067</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Adin’s descendants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td><td>655</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hashum’s descendants</td><td>328</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Bezai’s descendants</td><td>324</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Hariph’s descendants</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Gibeon’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nehemiah.7.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> descendants</td><td>95</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Bethlehem’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and Netophah’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> men</td><td>188</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Anathoth’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> men</td><td>128</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Beth-azmaveth’s men</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men</td><td>743</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Ramah’s and Geba’s men</td><td>621</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Michmas’s men</td><td>122</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Bethel’s and Ai’s men<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td><td>123</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>the other Nebo’s men</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the other Elam’s people</td><td>1,254</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Harim’s people</td><td>320</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Jericho’s people<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td><td>345</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Lod’s,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.37.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Hadid’s, and Ono’s people</td><td>721</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Senaah’s people</td><td>3,930.</td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The priests included</p><table><tr><td>Jedaiah’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> descendants of the house of Jeshua</td><td>973</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Immer’s descendants</td><td>1,052</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Pashhur’s descendants</td><td>1,247</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Harim’s descendants</td><td>1,017.</td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>The Levites<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> included</p><table><tr><td>Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel</td></tr><tr><td>Hodevah’s descendants</td><td>74.</td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The singers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> included</p><table><tr><td>Asaph’s descendants</td><td>148.</td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The gatekeepers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.45.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> included</p><table><tr><td>Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,</td></tr><tr><td>Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,</td></tr><tr><td>Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants</td><td>138.</td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The temple servants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> included</p><ol class="csb"><li>Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,</li><li>Tabbaoth’s descendants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Keros’s descendants,</li><li>Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,</li><li>Shalmai’s descendants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Hanan’s descendants,</li><li>Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.50" /> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants,</li><li>Nekoda’s descendants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.51" /> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Gazzam’s descendants,</li><li>Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.52" /> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Besai’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants,</li><li>Nephishesim’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nehemiah.7.52.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> descendants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.53" /> <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Bakbuk’s descendants,</li><li>Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.54" /> <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants,</li><li>Harsha’s descendants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.55" /> <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Barkos’s descendants,</li><li>Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.56" /> <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.</li></ol><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.57" /> <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>The descendants of Solomon’s servants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.57.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> included</p><ol class="csb"><li>Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants,</li><li>Perida’s descendants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.58" /> <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Jaala’s descendants,</li><li>Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.59" /> <A name="60"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,</li><li>Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, Amon’s descendants.</li></ol><table><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.60" /> <A name="61"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>All the temple servants</td></tr><tr><td>and the descendants of Solomon’s servants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.60.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td><td>392.</td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.61" /> <A name="62"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>The following<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.61.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their ancestral families<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nehemiah.7.61.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and their lineage were Israelite:</p><table><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.62" /> <A name="63"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>Delaiah’s descendants,</td></tr><tr><td>Tobiah’s descendants,</td></tr><tr><td>and Nekoda’s descendants</td><td>642</td></tr></table><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.63" /> <A name="64"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.64" /> <A name="65"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.65" /> <A name="66"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>The governor<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.65.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.65.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><table><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.66" /> <A name="67"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>The whole combined assembly numbered</td><td>42,360</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.67" /> <A name="68"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm"><b>67</b></a></span>not including their 7,337 male and female servants,</td></tr><tr><td>as well as their 245 male and female singers.</td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.68" /> <A name="69"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-68.htm"><b>68</b></a></span>They had 736 horses, 245 mules,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nehemiah.7.68.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></td></tr><tr><td><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.69" /> <A name="70"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-69.htm"><b>69</b></a></span>435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.69.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></td></tr></table><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.70" /> <A name="71"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-70.htm"><b>70</b></a></span>Some of the family heads contributed to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Nehemiah.7.70.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.71" /> <A name="72"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-71.htm"><b>71</b></a></span>Some of the family heads gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.72" /> <A name="73"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-72.htm"><b>72</b></a></span>The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Nehemiah.7.73" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm"><b>73</b></a></span>The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.73.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Public Reading of the Law</h3><p class="noind">When the seventh month<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Nehemiah.7.73.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Nehemiah.7" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Nehemiah.7.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.7">7:7</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the men of the people of Israel</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nehemiah.7.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.25">7:25</a></span> = Gibbar’s in Ezr 2:20</aside><aside id="fn.Nehemiah.7.52.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.52">7:52</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">Nephushesim’s</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nehemiah.7.61.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.61">7:61</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the house of their fathers</span></aside><aside id="fn.Nehemiah.7.68.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.68">7:68</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX; Ezr 2:66; other Hb mss omit v. 68</aside><aside id="fn.Nehemiah.7.70.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.70">7:70</a></span> Or <span class="italic">drachmas</span>, or <span class="italic">darics</span> ; also in vv. 71,72</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Nehemiah.7" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.1">7:1</a></span> Neh 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.1">7:1</a></span> Ezr 2:40–42; Neh 7:43–45</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.2">7:2</a></span> Neh 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.2">7:2</a></span> Neh 3:9,12</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.2">7:2</a></span> Neh 10:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.2.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.2">7:2</a></span> Neh 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.2.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.2">7:2</a></span> 1Kg 18:3; Neh 5:9,15</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.3">7:3</a></span> Neh 4:13,16,22–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.4">7:4</a></span> Neh 11:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.5">7:5</a></span> Pr 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.5">7:5-73</a></span> Ezr 2:1–70</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.6">7:6</a></span> 2Ch 36:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.6">7:6</a></span> Ezr 2:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.7">7:7</a></span> Hg 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.7">7:7</a></span> Ezr 2:2; 5:2; Zch 3:3,8</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.8">7:8</a></span> Ezr 2:3; 8:3; 10:25; Neh 3:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.18">7:18</a></span> Ezr 2:13; 8:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.20">7:20</a></span> Ezr 2:15; 8:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.26">7:26</a></span> Ezr 2:21; Mc 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.26">7:26</a></span> 2Sm 23:28; 2Kg 25:23; Ezr 2:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.27">7:27</a></span> Ezr 2:23; Neh 11:32; Jr 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.32">7:32</a></span> Gn 12:8; Jos 7:2; Ezr 2:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.36">7:36</a></span> Jos 6:1; Ezr 2:34; Neh 3:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.37.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.37">7:37</a></span> 1Ch 8:12; Ezr 2:33; Ac 9:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.39">7:39</a></span> 1Ch 24:7; Ezr 2:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.43">7:43</a></span> Ezr 2:40; 7:7; 8:15; Neh 13:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.44">7:44</a></span> 1Ch 15:16; Ezr 2:41–43</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.45.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.45">7:45</a></span> 1Ch 9:17–27</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.46">7:46</a></span> Neh 11:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.57.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.57">7:57</a></span> 1Kg 9:21; Ezr 2:55</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.60.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.60">7:60</a></span> Ezr 2:58</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.61.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.61">7:61-62</a></span> Ezr 2:59–60</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.65.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.65">7:65</a></span> Ezr 2:63; 5:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.65.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.65">7:65</a></span> Ex 28:30; Lv 8:8; Ezr 2:63</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.69.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.69">7:69-72</a></span> Ezr 2:64–70</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.73.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.73">7:73</a></span> 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 2:70; Neh 7:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Nehemiah.7.73.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Nehemiah.7.73">7:73</a></span> Lv 23:23–43; Ezr 3:1</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Nehemiah.7" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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