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Verse 70. _THE TIRSHATHA GAVE_] The _Septuagint_, particularly the
copy in the _Codex Alexandrinus_, intimates that this sum was given
_to the Tirshatha_, or Nehemiah: Και τῳ Αθερσαθᾳ
εδωκαν εις θησ...
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Compared with Ezra 2:69 there is considerable difference between the
totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that
of corruption in the one or the other of the passages.
Nehemi...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. Provisions made for the defense of the city (Nehemiah 7:1)_
2. The genealogy (Nehemiah 7:5)
3. Their whole number (Nehemiah 7:66)
4. The gifts for the work ...
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NEHEMIAH 7:5 A. ENUMERATION OF THE RETURNED EXILES. This section= Ezra
2:1; _cf._ the Greek Ezra 5:7. As this list is approximately the same
as that of the exiles who returned under Zerubbabel, it mus...
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SOME. a portion.
CHIEFS. heads.
GAVE. Nehemiah mentions what he, the chiefs, and the rest of the
people gave. Ezra (Neh 2:68, Neh 2:69) mentions what only _one_
portion gave. Hence the numbers are n...
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_And some of the chief of the fathers_ R.V. AND SOME FROM AMONG THE
HEADS OF FATHERS" houses. So in Nehemiah 7:71.
_The Tirshatha_ The contributions are here described in greater detail
than in Ezra....
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2. Nehemiah retraces the genealogies of first returning exiles.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 7:5-73
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Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the
officials, and the people to be enrolled by gene...
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_AND SOME OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS GAVE UNTO THE WORK. THE
TIRSHATHA GAVE TO THE TREASURE A THOUSAND DRAMS OF GOLD, FIFTY BASONS,
FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PRIESTS' GARMENTS._
Some of the chief of t...
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A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL
2. Hanani] after carrying information to Nehemiah respecting the
condition of JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 1:2), he must have returned with him
to Jud...
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BASONS] used in connexion with the sacrifices. FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
PRIESTS' GARMENTS] For this should perhaps be substituted 'five
hundred pounds of silver and thirty priests' garments,' a change...
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The *Babylonians had destroyed the *temple when they took the *Jews
into *exile.
When the people had returned to *Judah at the time of Zerubbabel, they
started to build the *temple. They started the...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 7
V1 So we had finished the construction of the wall. And I had put the
doors in place. We had appoint...
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(5-73) The genealogical reckoning of the people, as the first step
towards increasing the population of the metropolis, is determined on,
not without express Divine suggestion; the allusion to this
in...
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_[Nehemiah 7:69]_ וּ מִ קְצָת֙ רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽ...
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At last the wall was completed by setting up the doors, and placing in
order porters, singers, and Levites. In the first few verses of this
chapter we have an account of the arrangements for the safet...
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And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha
gave to the treasure a thousand (h) drams of gold, fifty basons, five
hundred and thirty priests' garments.
(h) Read (Ezra 2:69)...
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Athersatha; that is, Nehemias, as appears from chap. viii. 9. Either
that he was so called at the court of the king of Persia, where he was
cup-bearer, or that, as some think, this name signifies gove...
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(70) And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons,
five hundred and thirty priests' garments. (71) And some of the...
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The Joy of the Lord
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Chapter's 7 & 8 begin the "second phase" in the book of Nehemiah.
1. This "second phase" is the re-instruction of God's people - of the
laws of Moses.
2. The...
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God blesses the labours of the faithful Nehemiah, and Jerusalem is
once more encompassed by walls; a less touching condition than when
the city of God was defended by the altar of God, which was a
tes...
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_The Tirshatha_ The governor, namely, Nehemiah. So it is no wonder
that the number of the moneys, and other things here contributed,
differ from that of Ezra, chap. 2., because this was another
collec...
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[WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO IERUSALEM.]
1 Nehemiah committeth the charge of Ierusalem to Hanani and Hananiah.
5 A register of the genealogie of them which came at the first out of
Babylon,
9 of t...
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And some at the chief of the fathers gave unto the work, namely, that
of restoring the Temple and of beautifying its worship. THE TIRSHATHA,
in this case apparently Nehemiah himself, GAVE TO THE TREAS...
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THE GIFTS OF THE GOVERNOR AND OF THE PEOPLE...
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APPOINTMENTS MADE IN THE CITY
(vv. 1-3)
The wall of separation having been built and the doors hung in the
gates, then appointments consistent with this separation were made (v.
1). Gatekeepers are...
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SOME:
_ Heb._ part...
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5-73 Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more
upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every
good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace...
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THE TIRSHATHA, i.e. the governor, to wit, Nehemiah. So it is no wonder
that the number of the monies, and other things here contributed,
differ from that EZR 2, because this is another collection; tha...
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CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE TREASURY FOR THE TEMPLE (NEHEMIAH 7:70).
It is at this point that this list differs considerably from the one
in Ezra 2. This may have been because Sheshbazzar now being dead...
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CONTENTS: Jerusalem put in charge of Hanani and Hananiah. Genealogy of
the first remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Hanani, Hananiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who fear God will evidence it by being faithf...
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Nehemiah 7:2. _I gave my brother Hanani,_ probably his eldest brother,
who had come to Shushan to represent the injuries sustained by the
Jews, from the governor in Samaria: Nehemiah 1:2. _And Hanania...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 7:5 A Record of Those Who Returned from
Exile. Nehemiah lists the returned exiles from the time of Zerubbabel.
⇐...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 7:6 This list is virtually identical to
the one in Ezra 2:1 (see notes there). Nehemiah’s next concern is to
repopulate Jerusalem (see Neh. 7:4).
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The second section of this book (chaps.
7–12:43) furnishes a description of the further efforts of Nehemiah
to increase and insure the prosperity of the community in Judah and
Jer...
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EXPOSITION
THE REGISTER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL, WITH THE NUMBER
OF THEIR SLAVES, BEASTS, AND OBLATIONS ...
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Now in chapter 7:
It came to pass, when the wall was built, and the doors, the porters
and the singers and the Levites were appointed, that he gave his
brother Hanani (Nehemiah 7:1-2),
Now this is t...
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1 Chronicles 28:17; 1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Kings 7:45; 2 Chronicles
4:11;...