Nehemiah 7:5 Meaning and Explanation
“And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,”
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Read Full Chapter →God moves Nehemiah to gather the people for a genealogical reckoning, and he finds the record of the first returning exiles.
What Does Nehemiah 7:5 Mean?
Nehemiah credits the impulse to his God, who put it into his heart to assemble the leaders and people so they could be enrolled by family. In doing so he discovers the register of those who had returned first under Zerubbabel. What follows is that very list, preserved and now set down again.
Good purposes are born in the heart, but here their source is named: God Himself prompts the plan. The careful keeping of names shows that no one is forgotten in the work of restoration; each family has its place in the covenant people. The God who counts and remembers His own is at work in the quiet stirrings of a faithful leader's heart.
Nehemiah 7:5 in the Original Language
yachas (יָחַשׂ), 'reckoned by genealogy' -- to be enrolled and registered by family descent.
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What does Nehemiah 7:5 mean?
God moves Nehemiah to gather the people for a genealogical reckoning, and he finds the record of the first returning exiles.