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Nehemiah 7:32

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-El;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Bethel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Bethel;   Census;   Ezra, the Book of;   Hananiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Bethel;   Nehemiah;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acud;   Ammidioi;   Ezra, Book of;   Hagab;   Kilan;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ai, Hai ;   Bethel ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ai;   Bethel;   Palestine;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Ezra, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Bethel’s and Ai’s men 123
Hebrew Names Version
The men of Beit-El and `Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
King James Version
The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
English Standard Version
The men of Bethel and Ai, 123.
New Century Version
of Bethel and Ai—123;
New English Translation
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
Amplified Bible
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
New American Standard Bible
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
World English Bible
The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundreth & three and twentie.
Legacy Standard Bible
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
Berean Standard Bible
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
Easy-to-Read Version
from the towns of Bethel and Ai 123
George Lamsa Translation
The men of Beth-el and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three.
Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three.
Literal Translation
The men of Bethel and Ai were a hundred and twenty three.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the men of Bethel and Ai, an hundreth and thre and twentye:
American Standard Version
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.
Bible in Basic English
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twentie and three.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.
King James Version (1611)
The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred, twentie and three.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The men of Baethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
English Revised Version
The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the men of Bethel and of Hay, an hundrid and thre and twenti; the men of the tother Nebo,
Update Bible Version
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.
Webster's Bible Translation
The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty three.
New King James Version
the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;
New Living Translation
The people of Bethel and Ai 123
New Life Bible
123 sons of Bethel and Ai,
New Revised Standard
Of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The men of Bethel and Hai, a hundred twenty-three.
Revised Standard Version
The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
Young's Literal Translation
Men of Bethel and Ai: a hundred twenty and three.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

Contextual Overview

5 God put it in my heart to gather the nobles, the officials, and the people in general to be registered. I found the genealogical record of those who were in the first return from exile. This is the record I found: 6These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the Exile, the ones Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off captive; they came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each going to his own town. They came back in the company of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The numbers of the men of the People of Israel by families of origin: Parosh, 2,172 Shephatiah, 372 Arah, 652 Pahath-Moab (sons of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818 Elam, 1,254 Zattu, 845 Zaccai, 760 Binnui, 648 Bebai, 628 Azgad, 2,322 Adonikam, 667 Bigvai, 2,067 Adin, 655 Ater (sons of Hezekiah), 98 Hashum, 328 Bezai, 324 Hariph, 112 Gibeon, 95. Israelites identified by place of origin: Bethlehem and Netophah, 188 Anathoth, 128 Beth Azmaveth, 42 Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, 743 Ramah and Geba, 621 Micmash, 122 Bethel and Ai, 123 Nebo (the other one), 52 Elam (the other one), 1,254 Harim, 320 Jericho, 345 Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721 Senaah, 3,930. Priestly families: Jedaiah (sons of Jeshua), 973 Immer, 1,052 Pashhur, 1,247 Harim, 1,017. Levitical families: Jeshua (sons of Kadmiel and of Hodaviah), 74. Singers: Asaph's family line, 148. Security guard families: Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 138. Families of support staff: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Sia, Padon, Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Meunim, Nephussim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah, and Hatipha. Families of Solomon's servants: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Amon. The Temple support staff and Solomon's servants added up to 392. 61These are those who came from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. They weren't able to prove their ancestry, whether they were true Israelites or not: The sons of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642. Likewise with these priestly families: The sons of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and took that name. 64They looked high and low for their family records but couldn't find them. And so they were barred from priestly work as ritually unclean. The governor ruled that they could not eat from the holy food until a priest could determine their status by using the Urim and Thummim. 66The total count for the congregation was 42,360. That did not include the male and female slaves who numbered 7,337. There were also 245 male and female singers. And there were 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 70Some of the heads of families made voluntary offerings for the work. The governor made a gift to the treasury of 1,000 drachmas of gold (about nineteen pounds), 50 bowls, and 530 garments for the priests. Some of the heads of the families made gifts to the treasury for the work; it came to 20,000 drachmas of gold and 2,200 minas of silver (about one and a third tons). Gifts from the rest of the people totaled 20,000 drachmas of gold (about 375 pounds), 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 garments for the priests. 73 The priests, Levites, security guards, singers, and Temple support staff, along with some others, and the rest of the People of Israel, all found a place to live in their own towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethel: Joshua 8:9, Joshua 8:17, Ezra 2:28. 223

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 11:31 - Aija

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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