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,
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Gill's Exposition
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors,.... Which was not done when Sanballat sent his first letter, but now was, Neh 6:1,
and the porters and the singers, and the…
Barnes' Notes
Since the watch of the temple had hitherto been kept by porters, singers, and Levites 1 Chr. 26:1-19, so now the watch of the entire city was committed to men of the same three classes, their…
God saith concerning his church (Isa 62:6), I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem! This is Nehemiah's care here; for dead walls, without living watchmen, are but a poor defence to a city.
I.…
Cambridge Bible
Neh 7:1-5. Nehemiah's dispositions for the protection of the City
1. the doors We saw in Neh 6:1 that this alone remained to be done to complete the walls. Those who were responsible for the doors are…
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