Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ¹  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ²  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ³ 

Nehemiah 7:66

7:66 The entire group numbered 42,360,

Nehemiah 12:47

12:47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. ⁴  They also set aside ⁵  the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

Nehemiah 13:25

13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off ⁶  your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ³ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:47]  ⁴ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[12:47]  ⁵ tn Heb “were sanctifying.”

[13:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “give.”