Nehemiah 7:3 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 7:3

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.”

BSB

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ASV

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

KJV

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Until the sun be hot - The meaning of this is, the gates were not to be opened before sunrise, and always shut at sunset. This is the custom to the present day in many of the cities of the East if a traveler arrives after sunset, he finds the gates shut; and on no consideration will they open them till the next morning, so that those who come late are obliged to lodge in the plain, or under the walls.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The city, in compass, was large and great. The walls enclosed the same ground as formerly; but much of it lay waste, for the houses were not built, few at least in comparison with what had been; so that Nehemiah walled the city in faith, and with an eye to that promise of the replenishing of it which God had lately made by the prophet, Zech. viii.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַ֣ר	vai.yo.mer	and I said	H559 →
לָהֶ֗ם	la.Hem	to them
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ	yi.pa.te.Chu	they will be opened	H6605 →
שַׁעֲרֵ֤י	sha.'a.Rei	[the] gates of	H8179 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
חֹ֣ם	chom	is hot	H2552 →
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ	ha.She.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
וְעַ֨ד	ve.'Ad	and until	H5704 →
הֵ֥ם	hem	they	H1992 →
עֹמְדִ֛ים	'o.me.Dim	[are] standing guard	H5975 →
יָגִ֥יפוּ	ya.Gi.fu	let them shut	H1479 →
הַדְּלָת֖וֹת	ha.de.la.Tot	the doors	H1817 →
וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ	ve.'e.Cho.zu	and bolt [them]	H270 →
וְהַעֲמֵ֗יד	ve.ha.'a.Meid	and appoint	H5975 →
מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙	mish.me.rOt	<the> guards of	H4931 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
אִ֚ישׁ	'ish	someone	H376 →
בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ	be.mish.ma.Ro	at guard post his	H4929 →
וְאִ֖ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and someone	H376 →
נֶ֥גֶד	Ne.ged	before	H5048 →
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃	bei.To	house his	H1004 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7
  So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- Proverbs 21:30–31
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9–15
  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Psalms 33:16–18
  No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Through
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
leads to
- Philippians 2:15
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Luke 10:3
  Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

About Nehemiah

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06About Nehemiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah