Nehemiah 7:63

7:63 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

Nehemiah 7:73

7:73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.

The People Respond to the Reading of the Law

When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites ¹  were settled in their cities, ² 

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ³  met with ⁴  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 9:34

9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.

Nehemiah 9:38

The People Pledge to be Faithful

9:38 (10:1) ⁵  “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant ⁶  in written form; ⁷  our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names ⁸  on the sealed document.”

Nehemiah 12:22

12:22 As for the Levites, ⁹  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.

Nehemiah 12:35

12:35 some of the priests ¹⁰  with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

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¹ tn Heb “the sons of Israel.” So also in vv. 14, 17; 9:1.

² tn The traditional understanding of the chapter and verse division here is probably incorrect. The final part of v. 73 is best understood as belonging with 8:1.

³ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

⁴ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

⁵ sn Beginning with 9:38, the verse numbers through 10:39 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 9:38 ET = 10:1 HT, 10:1 ET = 10:2 HT, 10:2 ET = 10:3 HT, etc., through 10:39 ET = 10:40 HT. Beginning with 11:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁶ tn Heb “we are cutting.”

⁷ tn Heb “and writing.”

⁸ tn Heb “our leaders, our Levites, and our priests on the sealed document.” The Hebrew text is elliptical here; the words “have affixed their names” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. Cf. v. 2.

⁹ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

¹⁰ tn Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”