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Contemporary English Version

Nehemiah 7:1

After the wall had been rebuilt and the gates hung, then the temple guards, the singers, and the other Levites were assigned their work.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acud;   Ammidioi;   Hagab;   Kilan;   Nehemiah;   Priests and Levites;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Dung ate;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Maccabees, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
King James Version
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,
English Standard Version
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
New Century Version
After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were chosen.
New English Translation
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
Amplified Bible
Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,
New American Standard Bible
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had installed the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed,
World English Bible
Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe when the wall was builded, and I had set vp the doores, and the porters, and the singers and the Leuites were appointed,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened when the wall was rebuilt and I had made the doors to stand, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Berean Standard Bible
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.
Easy-to-Read Version
After we finished building the wall and put the doors in the gates, we chose the men who would guard the gates and the men to sing in the Temple and help the priests.
George Lamsa Translation
NOW, when the wall was built and the doorposts were set up and the doors were completed and the ministers and the Levites were appointed,
Lexham English Bible
Now when the wall had been built and I had erected the doors and appointed the gatekeepers, singers, and the Levites,
Literal Translation
And it happened when the wall was built, I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan we had buylded the wall I hanged on the dores, and the porters, syngers and Leuites were appoynted.
American Standard Version
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,
Bible in Basic English
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,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now when the wall was builded, I hanged on the doores also, and the porters, singers, and Leuites, were appoynted:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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,
King James Version (1611)
Now it came to passe when the wall was built, and I had set vp the doores; and the porters, and the singers, and the Leuites were appointed,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And 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,
English Revised Version
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,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe aftir that the wal of Jerusalem was bildid, and Y hadde set yatis, and Y hadde noumbrid porters, and syngeris,
Update Bible Version
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,
Webster's Bible Translation
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,
New King James Version
Then it was, when the wall was built and I had hung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
New Living Translation
After the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
New Life Bible
When the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gate-keepers and singers and Levites were chosen,
New Revised Standard
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, - and the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites had been appointed,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now after the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and numbered the porters and singing men, and Levites:
Revised Standard Version
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,
THE MESSAGE
After the wall was rebuilt and I had installed the doors, and the security guards, the singers, and the Levites were appointed, I put my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the captain of the citadel, in charge of Jerusalem because he was an honest man and feared God more than most men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Contextual Overview

1 After the wall had been rebuilt and the gates hung, then the temple guards, the singers, and the other Levites were assigned their work. 2 I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, because Hananiah could be trusted, and he respected God more than most people did. 3 I said to them, "Don't let the gates to the city be opened until the sun has been up for a while. And make sure that they are closed and barred before the guards go off duty at sunset. Choose people from Jerusalem to stand guard at different places around the wall and others to stand guard near their own houses." 4 Although Jerusalem covered a large area, not many people lived there, and no new houses had been built.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the wall: Nehemiah 3:1-32, Nehemiah 6:15

I had set up: Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 6:1

the porters: Nehemiah 10:39, Nehemiah 11:3, Nehemiah 12:24, 1 Chronicles 23:1-32, 1 Chronicles 25:1 - 1 Chronicles 26:32, 2 Chronicles 31:2, Ezra 3:8

Reciprocal: Psalms 147:13 - he hath

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
and this is the story about him. Noah was the only person who lived right and obeyed God.
Genesis 7:1
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain that will last for forty days and nights, and I will destroy all other living creatures I have made.
Genesis 7:5
Noah was six hundred years old when he went into the boat to escape the flood, and he did everything the Lord had told him to do. His wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law all went inside with him.
Genesis 7:8
He obeyed God and took a male and a female of each kind of animal and bird into the boat with him.
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later a flood began to cover the earth.
Genesis 7:11
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.
Genesis 7:13
On that day Noah and his wife went into the boat with their three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
Genesis 7:15
Noah took a male and a female of every living creature with him,
Genesis 7:16
just as God had told him to do. And when they were all in the boat, God closed the door.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors,.... Which was not done when Sanballat sent his first letter, but now was, Nehemiah 6:1,

and the porters and the singers, and the Levites were appointed; not to attend the doors of the gates of the wall, but to return to their service in the temple, who had been employed in one thing or another, while the wall and gates were building and repairing; see Nehemiah 3:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Since the watch of the temple had hitherto been kept by porters, singers, and Levites 1 Chronicles 26:1-19, so now the watch of the entire city was committed to men of the same three classes, their experience pointing them out as the most suitable persons.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII

Nehemiah makes use of proper precautions in guarding the city

gates, 1-4.

He proposes to reckon the people according to their genealogies;

and finds a register of those who came out of Babylon, with

Zerubbabel, 5-7.

A transcript of the register, 8-10.

Account of those who came from other provinces; and of priests

who, because they could not show their register, were put away

from the priesthood as polluted, 61-65.

The sum total of the congregation: of their men-servants and

maid-servants; singing men and women; horses, mules, camels, and

asses, 66-69.

The sums given by different persons for the work, 70-72.

All betake themselves to their several cities, 73.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII


 
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