Focused Passage

Nehemiah 7:1-4

Nehemiah Orders the Restored City and Recovers the Register of the Returned Exiles

After the wall is completed, Nehemiah appoints faithful gate and worship leadership, recognizes Jerusalem's sparse population, is moved by God to register the people, and records the returned exiles by families, towns, priests, Levites, servants, and gifts.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

3 And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

4 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

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Verse 1

Cross-references

Psalms 147:13 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 6:1 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 6:15 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 31:2 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 3:1 Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 3:1-7 OliveGrove study links Acts 20:28 OliveGrove study links Titus 1:7-9 OliveGrove study links

Original words

- וַיְהִ֗י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular When כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative the wall הַחוֹמָ֔ה H2346 Article | Noun - feminine singular had been rebuilt נִבְנְתָה֙ H1129 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular and I had set the doors הַדְּלָת֑וֹת H1817 Article | Noun - feminine plural in place וָאַעֲמִ֖יד H5975 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular the gatekeepers הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים H7778 Article | Noun - masculine plural singers וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים H7891 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural and Levites וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ H3881 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural were appointed וַיִּפָּֽקְד֛וּ H6485 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Verse 2

Cross-references

Nehemiah 2:8 Classic cross-references 2 Timothy 2:2 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 1:2 Classic cross-references Proverbs 28:20 Classic cross-references Psalms 101:6 Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 3:1-7 OliveGrove study links Acts 20:28 OliveGrove study links Titus 1:7-9 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Then I put my brother אָחִ֗י H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Hanani חֲנָ֣נִי H2607 Noun - proper - masculine singular in charge וָאֲצַוֶּ֞ה H6680 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker of עַל־ H5921 Preposition Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular along with Hananiah חֲנַנְיָ֛ה H2608 Noun - proper - masculine singular the commander שַׂ֥ר H8269 Noun - masculine singular construct of the fortress הַבִּירָ֖ה H1002 Article | Noun - feminine singular because כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction he הוּא֙ H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular was a faithful אֱמֶ֔ת H571 Noun - feminine singular man כְּאִ֣ישׁ H376 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct who feared וְיָרֵ֥א H3372 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Article | Noun - masculine plural more than most מֵרַבִּֽים׃ H7227 Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural

Verse 3

Cross-references

Psalms 147:13 Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 3:1-7 OliveGrove study links Acts 20:28 OliveGrove study links Titus 1:7-9 OliveGrove study links

Original words

And I told וַיֹּאמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular them לָהֶ֗ם Preposition | third person masculine plural Do not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle open יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ H6605 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural the gates שַׁעֲרֵ֤י H8179 Noun - masculine plural construct of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition the sun הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ H8121 Article | Noun - common singular is hot חֹ֣ם H2552 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct While וְעַ֨ד H5704 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the guards הֵ֥ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural are on duty עֹמְדִ֛ים H5975 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural keep the doors הַדְּלָת֖וֹת H1817 Article | Noun - feminine plural shut יָגִ֥יפוּ H1479 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural and securely fastened וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ H270 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural And appoint וְהַעֲמֵ֗יד H5975 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute the residents יֹשְׁבֵ֣י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular as guards מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙ H4931 Noun - feminine plural construct some אִ֚ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular at their posts בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ H4929 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and some וְאִ֖ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular at נֶ֥גֶד H5048 Preposition their own homes בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Ezra 2 BSB references Jeremiah 30:18 Classic cross-references Psalms 147:2 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:62 Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 3:1-7 OliveGrove study links Acts 20:28 OliveGrove study links Titus 1:7-9 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Now the city וְהָעִ֞יר H5892 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular was large וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה H1419 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular and spacious רַחֲבַ֤ת H7342 Adjective - feminine singular construct . . . יָדַ֙יִם֙ H3027 Noun - fd but there were few מְעַ֖ט H4592 Adjective - masculine singular people וְהָעָ֥ם H5971 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular in it בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular and the houses בָּתִּ֖ים H1004 Noun - masculine plural had not yet וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb been rebuilt בְּנוּיִֽם׃ H1129 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural

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