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I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there: <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> So my God gave me the idea to call together all the nobles and leaders of the city, along with the ordinary citizens, for registration. I had found the genealogical record of those who had first returned to Judah. This is what was written there: <a href="/esv/nehemiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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: <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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, <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it: <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the other people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first, in which I found the following record: <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record: <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record: <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then my God put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, the officials, and the people to be recorded by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first, and in it I found written: <a href="/amp/nehemiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. Then I found the register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] first, and I found the following record: <a href="/csb/nehemiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then my God put it into my mind 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 href="/hcsb/nehemiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then my God put it into my mind 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 href="/asv/nehemiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein: <a href="/erv/nehemiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and I found written therein: <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then my God put the idea into my head that I should gather the nobles, leaders, and people so that they could check their genealogy. I found the book with the genealogy of those who came back the first time. I found the following written in it: <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> God inspired me to assemble the people and their leaders and officials and to check their family records. I located the records of those who had first returned from captivity, and this is the information I found: <a href="/isv/nehemiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> So my God gave me the idea to gather together the nobles, the officials, and the people so they could be registered according to their genealogies. I found a register of the original inhabitants in which there was recorded <a href="/msb/nehemiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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: <a href="/net/nehemiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And my God put into my heart to assemble 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 who came up at the first, and found written in it, <a href="/web/nehemiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it: <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and my God puts it to my heart, and I gather the nobles, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a scroll of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: -- <a href="/slt/nehemiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And my God will give to my heart, and I shall gather together the nobles and the prefects and the people, to be enrolled: and I shall find the writing of the register of those coming up among the first, and I shall find written as it.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first, and therein it was found written: <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But God had given to my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the magistrates, and the common people, so that I might enroll them. And I found a book of the census of those who first went up, and in it there was found written: <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> When my God had inspired me to gather together the nobles, the magistrates, and the people, and to examine their family records, I came upon the family list of those who had returned in the earliest period. There I found the following written: <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who were the first to come back, and I found the following written in it:<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And my God put it into my heart, and I gathered together the nobles and the rulers of the people according to their genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found that the names were written therein, <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And my God put into my heart and I gathered the Nobles and the Rulers of the people and their families, and I found the scroll of the tribes who came up with it at the first, and I found what was written in it.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein: <a href="/sep/nehemiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And God put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, into companies: and I found a register of the company that came up first, and I found written in it as follows: <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=1534" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/7.htm">The List of Returning Exiles</a> 4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. 5<a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Then my God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">put it</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: wā·’eq·bə·ṣāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">to assemble</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2715.htm" title="2715: ha·ḥō·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A noble. Or chowr; from charar; properly, white or pure (compare choriy); hence (figuratively) noble (in rank).">the nobles,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5461.htm" title="5461: has·sə·ḡā·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A prefect, ruler. From an unused root meaning to superintend; a prefect of a province.">the officials,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3187.htm" title="3187: lə·hiṯ·ya·ḥêś (Prep-l:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- A primitive root; to sprout; used only as denominative from yachas; to enroll by pedigree.">to be enrolled by genealogy.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: wā·’em·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To attain to, find. ">I found</a> <a href="/hebrew/3188.htm" title="3188: hay·ya·ḥaś (Art:: N-ms) -- Genealogy. From yachas; a pedigree or family list.">the genealogical</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: sê·p̄er (N-msc) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">register</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: hā·‘ō·w·lîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">of those who had first returned,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: bā·ri·šō·w·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: wā·’em·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To attain to, find. ">and I found</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: kā·ṯūḇ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">the following written</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">in it:</a> 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1-70</a> Now these 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, / accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel: / the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; ... <a href="/nehemiah/2-12.htm">Nehemiah 2:12</a> I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding. <a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Nehemiah 5:7</a> and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them <a href="/nehemiah/6-16.htm">Nehemiah 6:16</a> When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God. <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-18</a> At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. ... <a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1-36</a> Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns. / And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. / These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants— ... <a href="/nehemiah/12-1.htm">Nehemiah 12:1-26</a> Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, / Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, / Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ... <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1-31</a> At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, / because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing). / As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">1 Chronicles 9:1-34</a> So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. / Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. / Some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem: ... <a href="/ezra/1-5.htm">Ezra 1:5</a> So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. <a href="/ezra/8-1.htm">Ezra 8:1-20</a> These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: / from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush / of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men; ... <a href="/exodus/35-21.htm">Exodus 35:21</a> And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-22.htm">2 Chronicles 36:22-23</a> In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’” <a href="/isaiah/10-21.htm">Isaiah 10:21-22</a> A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. / Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10-14</a> For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. / For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. / Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And my God put into my 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,my God<a href="/nehemiah/5-19.htm">Nehemiah 5:19</a> Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.<a href="/nehemiah/6-14.htm">Nehemiah 6:14</a> My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.put into mine<a href="/ezra/7-27.htm">Ezra 7:27</a> Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:<a href="/1_corinthians/15-10.htm">1 Corinthians 15:10</a> But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.<a href="/2_corinthians/3-5.htm">2 Corinthians 3:5</a> Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;that<a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Nehemiah 7:64</a> These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.<a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">1 Chronicles 9:1</a> So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.<a href="/ezra/2-62.htm">Ezra 2:62</a> These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/ezra/6-18.htm">Book</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-17.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/ezra/4-3.htm">Common</a> <a href="/ezra/2-62.htm">Enrolled</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-13.htm">Families</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-21.htm">First</a> <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Following</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm">Found</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-9.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezra/8-3.htm">Genealogical</a> <a href="/ezra/2-62.htm">Genealogies</a> <a href="/ezra/8-3.htm">Genealogy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-8.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">Listed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-14.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-17.htm">Nobles</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-17.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/ezra/8-3.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/ezra/8-34.htm">Record</a> <a href="/ezra/2-62.htm">Register</a> <a href="/ezra/2-62.htm">Registration</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-17.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-4.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-10.htm">Together</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-6.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/11-10.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Book</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-14.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/psalms/73-5.htm">Common</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Enrolled</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Families</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-2.htm">First</a> <a href="/job/34-27.htm">Following</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Found</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-44.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Genealogical</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Genealogies</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Genealogy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/matthew/17-12.htm">Listed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-14.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Nobles</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-40.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Record</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Register</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Registration</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-3.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-66.htm">Together</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-14.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 7</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/7-1.htm">Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah</a> 5. <a href="/nehemiah/7-5.htm">A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon</a> 9. <a href="/nehemiah/7-9.htm">of the people</a> 39. <a href="/nehemiah/7-39.htm">of the priests</a> 43. <a href="/nehemiah/7-43.htm">of the Levites</a> 46. <a href="/nehemiah/7-46.htm">of the Nethinims</a> 57. <a href="/nehemiah/7-57.htm">of Solomon's servants</a> 63. <a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm">and of the priests which could not find their pedigree</a> 66. <a href="/nehemiah/7-66.htm">The whole number of them, with their substance</a> 70. <a href="/nehemiah/7-70.htm">Their offerings</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It underscores the belief that God actively directs the hearts and actions of His people. This aligns with other biblical instances where God influences individuals, such as in <a href="/proverbs/21.htm">Proverbs 21:1</a>, which speaks of God directing the hearts of kings. It also reflects the intimate relationship between Nehemiah and God, emphasizing prayer and reliance on divine wisdom.to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people The gathering of these groups indicates a structured and hierarchical society in post-exilic Jerusalem. The nobles and officials were likely leaders and decision-makers, while "the people" refers to the general populace. This assembly was crucial for organizing the community and ensuring that the rebuilding efforts were supported by all societal levels. It mirrors the organization seen in <a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Exodus 18:25</a>, where Moses appointed leaders over the people.to be enrolled by genealogy Genealogical records were vital for establishing identity, inheritance rights, and tribal affiliations in Israel. This enrollment was necessary to confirm the legitimacy of those returning from exile and to ensure that the community was composed of true Israelites. It reflects the importance of lineage seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in the genealogies of Genesis and the detailed records in 1 Chronicles.I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned This register likely refers to the list of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel, as recorded in <a href="/ezra/2.htm">Ezra 2</a>. The preservation of such records was crucial for maintaining the continuity of the Jewish people and their claims to the land. It also highlights the importance of historical documentation in the Bible, serving as a testament to God's faithfulness in restoring His people.and I found the following written in it: The discovery of the written record emphasizes the value placed on written documentation in ancient Israel. It serves as a reminder of the fulfillment of God's promises to bring His people back to their land, as prophesied in <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10-14</a>. This written record also provides a tangible connection to the past, reinforcing the continuity of God's covenant with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a> The central figure in the book, Nehemiah was a cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes and later became the governor of Judah. He was instrumental in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and restoring the community. 2. <a href="/topical/n/nobles_and_officials.htm">Nobles and Officials</a> These were the leaders and influential figures in the Jewish community. Nehemiah gathered them to organize the people and ensure proper governance and order. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people.htm">The People</a> The general population of Jerusalem and Judah, who were to be enrolled by genealogy to establish their heritage and rightful place in the community. 4. <a href="/topical/g/genealogical_record.htm">Genealogical Record</a> A document listing the families and individuals who returned from Babylonian exile. This record was crucial for re-establishing the community's identity and inheritance rights. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where these events took place, significant as the spiritual and political center for the Jewish people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_guidance.htm">Divine Guidance</a> Nehemiah attributes his actions to God's prompting, reminding us to seek and recognize divine guidance in our decisions. <a href="/topical/i/importance_of_heritage.htm">Importance of Heritage</a> The genealogical record underscores the value of knowing our spiritual heritage and identity in Christ. <a href="/topical/c/community_organization.htm">Community Organization</a> Nehemiah's leadership in organizing the people teaches the importance of structure and order in community life. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_leadership.htm">Faithfulness in Leadership</a> Nehemiah's example encourages leaders to be faithful stewards of their responsibilities, seeking God's direction. <a href="/topical/i/identity_and_belonging.htm">Identity and Belonging</a> Understanding our place in God's family gives us a sense of belonging and purpose, much like the Israelites finding their identity through genealogy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 7</a> <a href="/q/when_were_adam_and_eve_created.htm">When did the creation of Adam and Eve occur?</a> <a href="/q/pahrath-moab_children_freed__2,812_or_2,818.htm">How many children of Pahrath-Moab were freed from Babylonian captivity? 2,812 (Ezra 2:6) or 2,818 (Nehemiah 7:11)?</a> <a href="/q/can_a_divine_census_be_validated.htm">Psalm 87:6 – How can a divine census or registry be scientifically or historically validated? </a> <a href="/q/is_neh._7_66's_42,000_return_plausible.htm">In Nehemiah 7:66, is it historically or logistically plausible for over 42,000 people to have returned and reestablished themselves so quickly after exile? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5-73) The genealogical reckoning of the people, as the first step towards increasing the population of the metropolis, is determined on, not without express Divine suggestion; the allusion to this inspiration from God, is, as in <a href="/nehemiah/2-12.htm" title="And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode on.">Nehemiah 2:12</a>, very emphatic. The original register of Zerubbabelis found and copied. The express language of both Ezra and Nehemiah makes it plain that this is no other than the list of those who came up with Zerubbabel and Joshua after the decree of Cyrus, in B.C. 538. Nehemiah's own census follows, in Nehemiah 11. The exposition, especially as compared with Ezra 2, has been given on that chapter.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, etc. As Nehemiah contemplated the vast empty spaces within the city walls, and considered with himself how they might best be peopled, the thought came to him - and he hailed it as a Divine inspiration - that by taking a census of the people he might pave the way for some transfer of the inhabitants of the country districts into the capital, which would at any rate strengthen the latter, and lessen the desolate appearance of its streets and squares, which had so pained him. The census would show what proportion the country and town populations bore to each other, and would point out which were the places in the country districts that could best afford to lose a portion of their inhabitants. A census, therefore was resolved upon, and, according to ordinary Jewish usage (<a href="/numbers/1-17.htm">Numbers 1:17-47</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/21-5.htm">1 Chronicles 21:5, 6</a>; <a href="/ezra/2-3.htm">Ezra 2:3-62</a>), it was genealogical. The tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi were numbered separately (<a href="/nehemiah/11-4.htm">Nehemiah 11:4-19</a>); and in the tribe of Judah the children of Pharez were reckoned apart from those of Zerah (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-4.htm">1 Chronicles 9:4, 6</a>). No doubt the genealogical principle was acted upon throughout, but further evidence upon the point is wanting. It would seem to have been in the course of his preparations for this census, perhaps in searching for precedents, that Nehemiah found the "register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first," which is the subject of the next section. CHAPTER 7:6-73 THE REGISTER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR SLAVES, BEASTS, AND OBLATIONS (<a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Nehemiah 7:6-73</a>). It is no doubt a curious circumstance that this list should occur twice, with no important differences, in the two Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Perhaps it was not in the original Ezra, that writer not having had the good fortune to "find" the document; but Nehemiah having "found" it and inserted it here, in connection with its discovery, a later arranger (Malachi?) removed it to the early part of Ezra, because it belonged to that portion of the Jewish history chronologically. The double record enables us to make out a more perfect catalogue than we could have obtained from either separately,-since there are corruptions in each which may be corrected by means of the other. See the comment which follows. <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then my God אֱלֹהַי֙ (’ĕ·lō·hay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative put וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to my heart לִבִּ֔י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre to assemble וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה (wā·’eq·bə·ṣāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect the nobles, הַחֹרִ֧ים (ha·ḥō·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2715.htm">Strong's 2715: </a> White, pure, noble the officials, הַסְּגָנִ֛ים (has·sə·ḡā·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5461.htm">Strong's 5461: </a> A prefect of a, province and the people הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock to be enrolled by genealogy. לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ (lə·hiṯ·ya·ḥêś) Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3187.htm">Strong's 3187: </a> To enroll oneself or be enrolled by genealogy I found וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א (wā·’em·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present the genealogical הַיַּ֙חַשׂ֙ (hay·ya·ḥaś) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3188.htm">Strong's 3188: </a> A pedigree, family list register סֵ֤פֶר (sê·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> A missive, document, writing, book of those who had first returned, הָעוֹלִ֣ים (hā·‘ō·w·lîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively and I found וָאֶמְצָ֖א (wā·’em·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present the following written כָּת֥וּב (kā·ṯūḇ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> To grave, to write in it: בּֽוֹ׃ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Nehemiah 7:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-5.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 7:5 My God put into my heart (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/7-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 7:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 7:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 7:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 7:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>