Nehemiah 7:1
New International Version
After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed.

New Living Translation
After the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

English Standard Version
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

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

King James Bible
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

New King James Version
Then it was, when the wall was built and I had hung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

New American Standard Bible
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had installed the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed,

NASB 1995
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

NASB 1977
Now it came about when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened when the wall was rebuilt and I had made the doors to stand, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Amplified Bible
Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,

Christian Standard Bible
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

American Standard Version
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Then when the wall was built and the doors stood and the door posts were set up, and the doors were perfected, and the Ministers and the Levites

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Contemporary English Version
After the wall had been rebuilt and the gates hung, then the temple guards, the singers, and the other Levites were assigned their work.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now after the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and numbered the porters and singing men, and Levites:

English Revised Version
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were assigned their duties after the wall had been rebuilt and I had hung the doors.

Good News Translation
And now the wall had been rebuilt, the gates had all been put in place, and the Temple guards, the members of the sacred choir, and the other Levites had been assigned their work.

International Standard Version
After the wall had been completed and its doors installed, then the gatekeepers, singers, and descendants of Levi were appointed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass, when the wall has been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

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

New American Bible
Now that the wall had been rebuilt, I had the doors set up, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were put in charge of them.

NET Bible
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

New Revised Standard Version
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

New Heart English Bible
Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

World English Bible
Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

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Context
Securing the City
1 When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed. 2Then 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.…

Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, "We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there--not a trace--only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact."

Nehemiah 3:1
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.

Nehemiah 6:1
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left--though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates--

Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.

Nehemiah 6:19
Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah's good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.


Treasury of Scripture

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

the wall

Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

I had set up

Nehemiah 3:3
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Nehemiah 6:1
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

the porters

Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Nehemiah 11:3
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

Nehemiah 12:24
And the chief of the 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.

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Nehemiah 7
1. Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah
5. A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon
9. of the people
39. of the priests
43. of the Levites
46. of the Nethinims
57. of Solomon's servants
63. and of the priests which could not find their pedigree
66. The whole number of them, with their substance
70. Their offerings














VII.

(1-4) Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a complete fortress. The comparative thinness of the population taxed the governor's resources, and the result appears at a later stage.

(1) Were appointed.--Placed in charge, probably over all the walls. This was an extraordinary provision, to be explained by the fact that these organised bodies formed a large proportion of the inhabitants. The Levites had usually guarded only the Temple.

(2) Hanani.--Who probably had returned from Susa with his brother.

Hananiah the ruler of the palace.--Commander of the fortress, as in Nehemiah 2:8. He was in the immediate service of the Persian king, but his chief recommendation was his piety, which distinguished him from too many of the other rulers.

(3) Until the sun be hot.--General directions were given that the gates should not be thrown open so early as sunrise; they were to be opened and barred again while the guard was present; and the inhabitants were to be divided for night-watches, part on the walls and part before their own houses.

(4) Large and great.--Literally, broad on both sides, with large unoccupied spaces.

The houses were not builded.--In sufficient numbers to provide the requisite population for the city of God. The emphasis is on the fact that the people were few.

Verse 1. - The porters and the singers and the Levites. The porters and the singers were themselves Levites, but are often distinguished from their brethren, who had no such special office (see Ezra 2:40-42, 70; Ezra 7:24; Ezra 10:23, 24; Nehemiah 7:43-45, 73; Nehemiah 10:28, etc.). Nehemiah's choice of Levites to guard the gates of Jerusalem may seem strange; but we must remember -

1. That the priests and Levites formed nearly one half the population of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:6-19 compared with 1 Chronicles 9:9-22).

2. That the office of guarding the temple gates had always been discharged by Levites (1 Chronicles 9:17-22; 1 Chronicles 26:12-19).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the wall
הַחוֹמָ֔ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

had been rebuilt
נִבְנְתָה֙ (niḇ·nə·ṯāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

and I had set the doors
הַדְּלָת֑וֹת (had·də·lā·ṯō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

in place,
וָאַעֲמִ֖יד (wā·’a·‘ă·mîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

the gatekeepers,
הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים (haš·šō·w·‘ă·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper

singers,
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (wə·ham·šō·rə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7891: To sing

and Levites
וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

were appointed.
וַיִּפָּֽקְד֛וּ (way·yip·pā·qə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit


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