Verse 3
Nehemiah 7:3
World English Bible, British Edition
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I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the
sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them; and appoint watches
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
ו/יאמר וָ/אֹמַ֣ר לָ/הֶ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ שַׁעֲרֵ֤י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ עַד חֹ֣ם הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וְ/עַ֨ד הֵ֥ם עֹמְדִ֛ים יָגִ֥יפוּ הַ/דְּלָת֖וֹת וֶ/אֱחֹ֑זוּ וְ/הַעֲמֵ֗יד מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם אִ֚ישׁ בְּ/מִשְׁמָר֔/וֹ וְ/אִ֖ישׁ נֶ֥גֶד בֵּיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened until the heat of the sun, and while they stand guard, let the doors be shut and secured, and let the guards of Jerusalem be stationed, each man in his watch, and each man opposite his own house."
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers
and the singers and the...
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I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in
charge of Jerusalem; for he w...
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3
I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the
sun is hot; and while they sta...
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Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein,
and the houses were not built.
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My God (Elohim) put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the
rulers, and the people, tha...
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These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity
of those who had been carrie...
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who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth...
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The children of Parosh: two thousand and one hundred and seventy-two.
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The children of Shephatiah: three hundred and seventy-two.
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The children of Arah: six hundred and fifty-two.
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11
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua
and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred and e...
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The children of Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.
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The children of Zattu: eight hundred and forty-five.
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The children of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty.
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The children of Binnui: six hundred and forty-eight.
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The children of Bebai: six hundred and twenty-eight.
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The children of Azgad: two thousand and three hundred and twenty-two.
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The children of Adonikam: six hundred and sixty-seven.
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The children of Bigvai: two thousand and sixty-seven.
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The children of Adin: six hundred and fifty-five.
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The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
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The children of Hashum: three hundred and twenty-eight.
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The children of Bezai: three hundred and twenty-four.
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The children of Hariph: one hundred and twelve.
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The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
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The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred and eighty-eight.
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The men of Anathoth: one hundred and twenty-eight.
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The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
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The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven
hundred and forty-three.
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The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred and twenty-one.
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The men of Michmas: one hundred and twenty-two.
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The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred and twenty-three.
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The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
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The children of the other Elam: one thousand and two
hundred and fifty-four.
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The children of Harim: three hundred and twenty.
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The children of Jericho: three hundred and forty-five.
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The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred and twenty-one.
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The children of Senaah: three thousand and nine hundred and thirty.
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The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house
of Jeshua: nine hundred and seventy-three.
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The children of Immer: one thousand and fifty-two.
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The children of Pashhur: one thousand and two hundred and forty-seven.
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The children of Harim: one thousand and seventeen.
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel,
of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.
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The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred and forty-eight.
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The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children
of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children...
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The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha,
the children of Tabbaoth,
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the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
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the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
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the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
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the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
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the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
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the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
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the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
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the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
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the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
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the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.
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The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children o...
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the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the chi...
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All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were
three hundred and ninety-two.
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61
These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub,
Addon, and Immer; but they could no...
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The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the
children of Nekoda: six hundred and forty-two.
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63
Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children
of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took...
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64
These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find
them. Therefore they were deemed di...
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The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest
stood up to minister with U...
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The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand and three
hundred and sixty,
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in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom
there were seven thousand and...
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Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
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their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand and seven
hundred and twenty...
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Some from amongst the heads of fathers’ households gave to the
work. The governor gave to the treasu...
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Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the
work twenty thousand darics o...
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That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of
gold, plus two thousand minas o...
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So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some
of the people, the temple servants,...
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