Nehemiah11
English Standard Version
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2And the the who willingly to in .
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8and his , men of , .
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10 the : the of , ,
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14and their , of , ; their was the of .
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18 the in the were .
19The , , and their , who at the , were .
20And the of , and of the and the , were in the of , every in his .
21But the on ; and and were the .
22The of the in was the of , of , of , of , the of , the , the of the of .
23 there was a from the them, and a the , as every .
24And the of , the of the of , was at the in concerning the .
25And as for the , with their , of the of in and its , and in and its , and in and its ,
26and in and in and ,
27in , in and its ,
28in , in and its ,
29in , in , in ,
30 , , and their , and its , and and its . So they the of .
31The of also lived onward, at , , and its ,
32 , , ,
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36And of the in were assigned to .
Study Guide
Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for Nehemiah 11.
Chapter Summary
In this chapter: The distribution of the people. (1-36).
vv1-36
In all ages, men have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, and not the things of Christ. Few have had such attachment to holy things and holy places, as to renounce pleasure for their sake. Yet surely, our souls should delight to dwell where holy persons and opportunities of spiritual improvement most abound. If we have not this love to the city of our God, and to every thing that assists our communion with the Saviour, how shall we be willing to depart hence; to be absent from the body, that we may be present with the Lord? To the carnal-minded, the perfect holiness of the New Jerusalem would be still harder to bear than the holiness of God's church on earth. Let us seek first the favour of God, and his glory; let us study to be patient, contented, and useful in our several stations, and wait, with cheerful hope, for admission into the holy city of God.
Key Words
שַׂר: a head person (of any rank or class)
עַם: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יָשַׁב: properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם: Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
שְׁאָר: a remainder
נָפַל: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
גּוֹרָל: properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
בּוֹא: to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֶחָד: properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מִן: properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Cross References
Nehemiah 11Direct parallel list of the first post-exilic settlers from Judah and Benjamin in Jerusalem.
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Parallel designation of the ruler of the house of God under the high priest's administration.
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Identifies the outward business of the Levites, managing external duties and administrative collection.
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Illustrates the practice of using lots to decide difficult and critical civic distributions.
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Identifies Jerusalem by its formal biblical title: the holy city.
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Parallel list identifying the specific priestly families (Jedaiah, Joiarib, Jachin) who settled in Jerusalem.
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Provides the Pentateuchal precedent of chief priests acting as rulers over the house of God.
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New Testament usage of the term 'the holy city' in reference to Jerusalem.
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Echoes the blessing given to leaders and citizens who willingly offered themselves for service.
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Details the hierarchy of rulers and officers established over the house of the Lord.
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Corroborates Ophel as the specific residential quarter of the temple-serving Nethinim.
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Confirms the pattern of priests, Levites, and Nethinim residing in their own ancestral cities.
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Parallels the Levitical lineage of Mattaniah, son of Micah, descendant of Asaph.
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Parallels the identity of Abda (Obadiah) and the descendants of Jeduthun.
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Identifies the Shilonites as descendants of Perez who dwelt in Jerusalem.
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