Nehemiah 7:5 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 7:5

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

BSB

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ASV

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

KJV

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

It is argued by some that the entire catalogue which follows Neh. 7:7-73 is not the register of them “which came up ‘at the first’,” but of the Jewish people in Nehemiah’s time. Neh 7:7 and Ezr 2:2 are, however, very positive in their support of the usual view; and some of the arguments against it are thought to be met by considering the Nehemiah of Neh 7:7 and Ezr 2:2 a person different from Nehemiah the governor; and “Tirshatha” an official title likely to have belonged to others besides Nehemiah (see the Ezr 2:63 note.)

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Whatever good motion is in our minds, either prudent or pious, we must acknowledge it to come from God. It was he that put it into our hearts; for every good gift and every good work are from above. He gives knowledge; he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is transcribed in the following verses, and differs in some few particulars from that given in Ezr 2:1-61. But the discrepancy is sufficiently accounted for from the different circumstances in which the two registers were taken; that of Ezra having been made up at Babylon, while that of Nehemiah was drawn out in Judea, after the walls of Jerusalem had been rebuilt.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he put	H5414 →
אֱלֹהַי֙	'e.lo.Hai	God my	H430 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
לִבִּ֔י	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה	va.'ek.be.Tzah	and I assembled !	H6908 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַחֹרִ֧ים	ha.cho.Rim	the nobles	H2715 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַסְּגָנִ֛ים	ha.se.ga.Nim	the officials	H5461 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ	le.hit.ya.Ches	to have themselves enrolled	H3187 →
וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א	va.'em.Tza'	and I found	H4672 →
סֵ֤פֶר	Se.fer	[the] document of	H5612 →
הַיַּ֙חַשׂ֙	hai.Ya.chas	the genealogy	H3188 →
הָעוֹלִ֣ים	ha.'o.Lim	the [ones who] came up	H5927 →
בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה	ba.ri.sho.Nah	at the first	H7223 →
וָאֶמְצָ֖א	va.'em.Tza'	and I found	H4672 →
כָּת֥וּב	ka.Tuv	[was] written	H3789 →
בּֽוֹ׃ פ	bo	in it

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
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Ephesians 3:7–8
  I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- Ephesians 2:7–8
  in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Through
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
- John 15:5
  I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

About Nehemiah

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah