Nehemiah 7:1

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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,

ASV

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,

BBE

Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just when H834 נִבְנְתָה niv·ne·tah it had been rebuilt H1129 הַחוֹמָה ha·cho·mah the wall H2346 וָאַעֲמִיד va·'a·'a·mid and I had set up H5975 הַדְּלָתוֹת ha·de·la·tot the doors H1817 וַיִּפָּקְדוּ vai·yi·pa·ke·du and they had been appointed H6485 הַשּׁוֹעֲרִים ha·sho·'a·rim the gatekeepers H7778 וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִים ve·ham·sho·re·rim and the singers H7891 וְהַלְוִיִּם ve·hal·vi·yim and the Levites H3881

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.

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Cross-references

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.