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Book of Nehemiah, Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 of Nehemiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And it came about that, as soon as the wall had been rebuilt,1 I at once set up the doors.2 Then there were appointed the gatekeepers3 and the singers4 and the Levites.5
  2. And I went on to put in command of Jerusalem Ha·naʹni6 my brother and Han·a·niʹah the prince of the Castle,7 for he was such a trustworthy8 man[a] and feared9 the [true] God more than many others.
  3. So I[b] said to them: “The gates10 of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun gets hot; and while they are standing by they should shut the doors and bolt [them].11 And station[c] guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each one at his own guardpost and each one in front of his own house.”12
  4. Now the city was wide[d] and great, and there were few people inside it,13 and there were no houses built.
  5. ¶ But my God put [it] into my heart14 that I should collect together the nobles and the deputy rulers and the people to get themselves enrolled genealogically.15 Then I found the book of genealogical enrollment16 of those who came up at the first, and found written in it:
  6. ¶ These are the sons of the jurisdictional district[e]17 who came up out of the captivity18 of the exiled people whom Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar19 the king of Babylon[f] had taken into exile20 and who later returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city;21
  7. those who came in with Ze·rubʹba·bel,22 Jeshʹu·a,[g]23 Ne·he·miʹah, Az·a·riʹah,[h] Ra·a·miʹah,[i] Na·hamʹa·ni, Morʹde·cai,24 Bilʹshan, Misʹpe·reth,[j] Bigʹvai, Neʹhum,[k] Baʹa·nah.
    ¶ The number of the men of the people of Israel:
  8. The sons of Paʹrosh,25 two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
  9. the sons of Sheph·a·tiʹah,26 three hundred and seventy-two;
  10. the sons of Aʹrah,27 six hundred and fifty-two;
  11. the sons of Paʹhath-moʹab,28 of the sons of Jeshʹu·a and Joʹab,29 two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;
  12. the sons of Eʹlam,30 a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
  13. the sons of Zatʹtu,31 eight hundred and forty-five;
  14. the sons of Zacʹcai,32 seven hundred and sixty;
  15. the sons of Binʹnu·i,33 six hundred and forty-eight;
  16. the sons of Beʹbai,34 six hundred and twenty-eight;
  17. the sons of Azʹgad,35 two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;
  18. the sons of Ad·o·niʹkam,36 six hundred and sixty-seven;
  19. the sons of Bigʹvai,37 two thousand and sixty-seven;
  20. the sons of Aʹdin,38 six hundred and fifty-five;
  21. the sons of Aʹter,39 of Hez·e·kiʹah, ninety-eight;
  22. the sons of Haʹshum,40 three hundred and twenty-eight;
  23. the sons of Beʹzai,41 three hundred and twenty-four;
  24. the sons of Haʹriph,42 a hundred and twelve;
  25. the sons of Gibʹe·on,43 ninety-five;
  26. the men of Bethʹle·hem44 and Ne·toʹphah,45 a hundred and eighty-eight;
  27. the men of Anʹa·thoth,46 a hundred and twenty-eight;
  28. the men of Beth-azʹma·veth,47 forty-two;
  29. the men of Kirʹi·ath-jeʹa·rim,48 Che·phiʹrah49 and Be·erʹoth,50 seven hundred and forty-three;
  30. the men of Raʹmah51 and Geʹba,52 six hundred and twenty-one;
  31. the men of Michʹmas,53 a hundred and twenty-two;
  32. the men of Bethʹel54 and Aʹi,55 a hundred and twenty-three;
  33. the men of the other Neʹbo,56 fifty-two;
  34. the sons of the other Eʹlam,57 a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
  35. the sons of Haʹrim,58 three hundred and twenty;
  36. the sons of Jerʹi·cho,59 three hundred and forty-five;
  37. the sons of Lod,60 Haʹdid61 and Oʹno,62 seven hundred and twenty-one;
  38. the sons of Se·naʹah,63 three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
  39. ¶ The priests: The sons of Je·daʹiah64 of the house of Jeshʹu·a, nine hundred and seventy-three;
  40. the sons of Imʹmer,65 a thousand and fifty-two;
  41. the sons of Pashʹhur,66 a thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
  42. the sons of Haʹrim,67 a thousand and seventeen.
  43. ¶ The Levites: The sons of Jeshʹu·a, of Kadʹmi·el,68 of the sons of Hoʹde·vah,69 seventy-four.
  44. The singers,70 the sons of Aʹsaph,71 a hundred and forty-eight.
  45. The gatekeepers,72 the sons of Shalʹlum,73 the sons of Aʹter, the sons of Talʹmon,74 the sons of Akʹkub,75 the sons of Ha·tiʹta, the sons of Shoʹbai,76 a hundred and thirty-eight.
  46. ¶ The Nethʹi·nim:[l]77 The sons of Ziʹha, the sons of Ha·suʹpha, the sons of Tab·baʹoth,78
  47. the sons of Keʹros, the sons of Siʹa,[m] the sons of Paʹdon,79
  48. the sons of Le·baʹnah, the sons of Hagʹa·bah,80 the sons of Salʹmai,
  49. the sons of Haʹnan,81 the sons of Gidʹdel, the sons of Gaʹhar,
  50. the sons of Re·aʹiah,82 the sons of Reʹzin,83 the sons of Ne·koʹda,
  51. the sons of Gazʹzam, the sons of Uzʹza, the sons of Pa·seʹah,
  52. the sons of Beʹsai,84 the sons of Me·uʹnim, the sons of Ne·phushʹe·sim,[n]85
  53. the sons of Bakʹbuk, the sons of Ha·kuʹpha, the sons of Harʹhur,86
  54. the sons of Bazʹlith,[o] the sons of Me·hiʹda, the sons of Harʹsha,87
  55. the sons of Barʹkos, the sons of Sisʹe·ra, the sons of Teʹmah,88
  56. the sons of Ne·ziʹah, the sons of Ha·tiʹpha.89
  57. ¶ The sons of the servants of Solʹo·mon:90 The sons of Soʹtai, the sons of So·pheʹreth, the sons of Pe·riʹda,[p]91
  58. the sons of Jaʹa·la, the sons of Darʹkon, the sons of Gidʹdel,92
  59. the sons of Sheph·a·tiʹah, the sons of Hatʹtil, the sons of Poʹche·reth-haz·ze·baʹim, the sons of Aʹmon.[q]93
  60. All the Nethʹi·nim94 and the sons of the servants of Solʹo·mon were three hundred and ninety-two.
  61. ¶ And these were the ones going up from Tel-meʹlah, Tel-harʹsha, Cheʹrub, Adʹdon and Imʹmer,95 and they were not able to tell the house of their fathers and their origin,[r] whether they were of Israel:
  62. the sons of De·laʹiah, the sons of To·biʹah, the sons of Ne·koʹda,96 six hundred and forty-two.
  63. And of the priests:97 the sons of Ha·baiʹah, the sons of Hakʹkoz,98 the sons of Bar·zilʹlai,99 who took a wife from the daughters of Bar·zilʹlai100 the Gilʹe·ad·ite and came to be called by their name.
  64. These were the ones that looked for their register, to establish their genealogy publicly, and it was not found,101 so that they were barred as polluted from the priesthood.102
  65. Consequently the Tir·shaʹtha[s]103 said to them that they should not eat104 from the most holy things until the priest with Uʹrim105 and Thumʹmim106 stood up.
  66. ¶ The entire congregation as one group was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,107
  67. apart from their men slaves108 and their slave girls, these being seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven;109 and they had two hundred and forty-five[t] male110 singers and female111 singers. [
  68. Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five.][u]112
  69. The camels were four hundred and thirty-five. The asses113 were six thousand seven hundred and twenty.114
  70. ¶ And there was a part of the heads115 of the paternal116 houses that gave to the work.117 The Tir·shaʹtha118 himself gave to the treasure a thousand gold drachmas,[v] fifty bowls, five hundred and thirty priests’ robes.119
  71. And there were some of the heads of the paternal houses that gave to the treasure for the work twenty thousand gold drachmas and two thousand two hundred silver miʹnas.[w]120
  72. And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas and two thousand silver miʹnas and sixty-seven priests’ robes.
  73. ¶ And the priests121 and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers122 and some of the people and the Nethʹi·nim123 and all Israel took up dwelling in their cities.124 When the seventh month arrived,125 the sons of Israel were then in their cities.126

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “a man of truth.”
  2. ^ “I,” MmarginLXXSyVg; M, “he.” Compare 5:9 ftn.
  3. ^ “Station,” MLXX; Vg and one Heb. ms, “I stationed.”
  4. ^ Lit., “wide on both sides,” that is, spacious.
  5. ^ “Jurisdictional district.” Lat., pro·vinʹci·ae.
  6. ^ “Babylon,” LXXVg; MSy, “Babel.”
  7. ^ “Jesus,” LXX.
  8. ^ “Seraiah” in Ezr 2:2.
  9. ^ “Reelaiah” in Ezr 2:2.
  10. ^ “Mispar” in Ezr 2:2.
  11. ^ “Rehum” in Ezr 2:2.
  12. ^ Or, “The temple slaves.” Lit., “The given ones.” Compare Nu 3:9 ftn.
  13. ^ “Siaha” in Ezr 2:44.
  14. ^ “Nephusim” in Ezr 2:50.
  15. ^ “Bazluth” in Ezr 2:52.
  16. ^ “Peruda” in Ezr 2:55.
  17. ^ “Ami” in Ezr 2:57.
  18. ^ Lit., “seed.”
  19. ^ The Persian title for a governor of a jurisdictional district.
  20. ^ “Two hundred” in Ezr 2:65.
  21. ^ LXXVgc and some Heb. mss add the bracketed portion in agreement with Ezr 2:66.
  22. ^ A drachma was generally equated with the Persian gold daric that weighed 8.4 g (0.27 oz t). Not the drachma of the Greek Scriptures. See App 8A.
  23. ^ A mina weighed 570 g (18.35 oz t). Not the mina of the Greek Scriptures.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ne 2:17; 6:15; Da 9:25
  2. ^ Ne 3:1, 6, 13
  3. ^ 1Ch 26:1, 12; Ezr 2:42
  4. ^ 1Ch 9:33; Ezr 2:41
  5. ^ 1Ch 23:28; Ezr 3:8
  6. ^ Ne 1:2
  7. ^ 2Ch 17:12; 26:9; Ne 2:8; Ac 23:10
  8. ^ Ps 101:6; Pr 28:20; Ac 6:3; 1Co 4:2
  9. ^ Ex 18:21; 2Sa 23:3; Ne 5:15; Pr 8:13; Is 33:6
  10. ^ Ne 2:13; 12:39
  11. ^ Ne 13:19
  12. ^ Ps 127:1
  13. ^ Ne 11:1
  14. ^ Ezr 7:27
  15. ^ 1Ch 9:1; Ezr 2:62
  16. ^ 1Ch 4:33; 5:1
  17. ^ Ezr 5:8; Es 9:30
  18. ^ Ne 1:3
  19. ^ 2Ki 25:1; Da 3:1
  20. ^ 2Ki 24:14; 2Ch 36:20; Je 39:9; 52:15, 28
  21. ^ Ezr 2:1
  22. ^ Ezr 1:11; 2:2; Zc 4:7; Mt 1:12
  23. ^ Ezr 3:8; 5:2; Hg 1:14; Zc 3:1
  24. ^ Ezr 2:2
  25. ^ Ezr 2:3; Ne 10:14
  26. ^ Ezr 2:4
  27. ^ Ezr 2:5; Ne 6:18
  28. ^ Ezr 2:6; 10:30
  29. ^ Ezr 8:9
  30. ^ Ezr 2:7; 10:26
  31. ^ Ezr 2:8
  32. ^ Ezr 2:9
  33. ^ Ezr 2:10; 10:34
  34. ^ Ezr 2:11
  35. ^ Ezr 2:12
  36. ^ Ezr 2:13
  37. ^ Ezr 2:14
  38. ^ Ezr 2:15
  39. ^ Ezr 2:16
  40. ^ Ezr 2:19; Ne 10:18
  41. ^ Ezr 2:17
  42. ^ Ezr 2:18
  43. ^ Jos 11:19; 2Sa 21:2; Ezr 2:20; Ne 3:7
  44. ^ Ge 35:19; 1Ch 2:51; Mt 2:6
  45. ^ 1Ch 2:54; Ezr 2:22; Je 40:8
  46. ^ Jos 21:18; Ezr 2:23; Je 1:1
  47. ^ Ezr 2:24
  48. ^ Jos 9:17; 1Sa 7:2
  49. ^ Jos 18:26; Ezr 2:25
  50. ^ Jos 18:25
  51. ^ Ezr 2:26
  52. ^ Jos 18:24; Zc 14:10
  53. ^ 1Sa 13:5; Ezr 2:27
  54. ^ 1Ki 12:32; Ezr 2:28
  55. ^ Jos 7:2
  56. ^ Ezr 2:29
  57. ^ Ezr 2:31
  58. ^ Ezr 2:32
  59. ^ Ezr 2:34
  60. ^ Ne 11:35
  61. ^ Ezr 2:33
  62. ^ Ne 6:2
  63. ^ Ezr 2:35
  64. ^ Ezr 2:36
  65. ^ Ezr 2:37
  66. ^ Ezr 10:22
  67. ^ 1Ch 24:8; Ezr 2:39
  68. ^ Ezr 3:9
  69. ^ Ezr 2:40
  70. ^ 1Ch 25:7; Ezr 2:41
  71. ^ 1Ch 6:39
  72. ^ Ne 7:1
  73. ^ Je 35:4
  74. ^ 1Ch 9:17; Ne 11:19
  75. ^ Ne 12:25
  76. ^ Ezr 2:42
  77. ^ Jos 9:27; 1Ch 9:2; Ezr 2:58
  78. ^ Ezr 2:43
  79. ^ Ezr 2:44
  80. ^ Ezr 2:45
  81. ^ Ezr 2:46
  82. ^ Ezr 2:47
  83. ^ Ezr 2:48
  84. ^ Ezr 2:49
  85. ^ Ezr 2:50
  86. ^ Ezr 2:51
  87. ^ Ezr 2:52
  88. ^ Ezr 2:53
  89. ^ Ezr 2:54
  90. ^ 1Ki 9:21; Ne 11:3
  91. ^ Ezr 2:55
  92. ^ Ezr 2:56
  93. ^ Ezr 2:57
  94. ^ Jos 9:23; Ezr 2:58; Ne 3:26; 7:46
  95. ^ Ezr 2:59
  96. ^ Ezr 2:60
  97. ^ 1Ch 24:1
  98. ^ 1Ch 24:10; Ne 3:21
  99. ^ Ezr 2:61
  100. ^ 2Sa 17:27; 19:31, 39; 1Ki 2:7
  101. ^ Ezr 2:62
  102. ^ Nu 18:7
  103. ^ Ezr 2:63; Ne 8:9; 10:1
  104. ^ Le 2:3; Nu 18:9
  105. ^ Ex 28:30; 1Sa 28:6
  106. ^ Le 8:8; De 33:8
  107. ^ Ezr 2:64
  108. ^ Ex 21:2; Le 25:44
  109. ^ Ezr 2:65
  110. ^ Ne 7:1
  111. ^ Ex 15:21; 1Sa 18:6; 2Sa 19:35
  112. ^ Ezr 2:66
  113. ^ 1Sa 8:16; 2Sa 16:2
  114. ^ Ezr 2:67
  115. ^ Nu 7:2; Ezr 1:5
  116. ^ Nu 17:2; 1Ch 23:11
  117. ^ Ezr 2:68
  118. ^ Ezr 2:63; Ne 7:65
  119. ^ Le 6:10; Is 22:21
  120. ^ Ezr 2:69
  121. ^ 2Ch 35:14
  122. ^ Ne 7:1
  123. ^ Ne 7:46
  124. ^ Ne 11:20
  125. ^ Le 23:24; 1Ki 8:2; Ezr 3:1
  126. ^ Ezr 2:70

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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