Nehemiah 7:69

Nehemiah 7:69 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
• New International Version (NIV)435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
• English Standard Version (ESV)their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.
• New King James Version (NKJV)their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Context of Nehemiah 7:69

67besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers. 68Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. 70Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments. 71Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

Nehemiah 7:69 word by word

גְּמַלִּ֕ים אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה ס חֲמֹרִ֕ים שֵׁ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• camelsגָּמָלgâmâl · camelH1581
• 435אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• 435מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 435שְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• 435חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• donkeysחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• 6,720אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 6,720שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• 6,720עֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242

Commentaries on Nehemiah 7:69

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 69Their camels, four hundred thirty and five - After this verse St. Jerome has inserted the following words in the Vulgate: - Hucusque refertur quid in commentario scriptum fuerit; exin Nehemiae historia texitur. "Thus far do the words extend which were written in the register; what follows belongs to the history of Nehemiah." But this addition is not found either in the Hebrew or any of the ancient versions. It is wanting also in the Complutum and Paris…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-73Verses 5-73 Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy those who dedicate themselves…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-7339. The priests--It appears that only four of the courses of the priests returned from the captivity; and that the course of Abia (Lu 1:5) is not in the list. But it must be noticed that these four courses were afterwards divided into twenty-four, which retained the names of the original courses which David appointed.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 7:69

• Ass (Donkey)
• Levites
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Four Hundred
• Camel
• Charge
• Acud
• Addus
• Adin
• Ammidioi; Ammidoi
• Augia
• Baiterus
• Barodis

Commentaries on Nehemiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings