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Nehemiah 7:4-6
New English Translation

4 Now the city was spread out[a] and large, and there were not a lot of people in it.[b] At that time houses had not been rebuilt. 5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders,[c] the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records[d] of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:[e]

6 These are the people[f] of the province who returned[g] from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile.[h] They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:4 tn Heb “wide of two hands.”
  2. Nehemiah 7:4 tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”
  3. Nehemiah 7:5 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”
  4. Nehemiah 7:5 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”
  5. Nehemiah 7:5 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Nehemiah 7:6 tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”
  7. Nehemiah 7:6 tn Heb “who were going up.”
  8. Nehemiah 7:6 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.
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