Nehemiah 7:1

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

² Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

³ And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
KJV: 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,
WEB: Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
ASV: 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,
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had hung the doors, and the gatekeepers had been appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

ÅB: Da nå muren var bygget, satte jeg inn dørene, og dørvokterne og sangerne og levittene ble satt til sin gjerning.
OTB: Da muren var fullført og dørene var satt på plass, utnevnte jeg portvaktene, sangerne og levittene.
B1930: Da nu muren var bygget, satte jeg inn dørene, og dørvokterne og sangerne og levittene blev satt til sin gjerning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Nehemiah 6:1
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
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Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
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2 Chronicles 31:2
Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
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Nehemiah 10:39
For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
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Nehemiah 3:1–32
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
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1 Chronicles 23:1–32
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
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Nehemiah 11:3
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
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Nehemiah 12:24
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
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