May 18, 2025, Nehemiah 7:5-65
May 18, 2025, Nehemiah 7:5-65
5 Then my
God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the
people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy
of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:
6 These
were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those
exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They
returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town. 7 They
came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of
Israel: 8 the sons of Parosh, 2,172. 9 The
sons of Shephatiah, 372. 10 The sons of
Arah, 652. 11 The sons of Pahath-moab, namely
the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818. 12 The sons
of Elam, 1,254. 13 The sons of Zattu,
845. 14 The sons of Zaccai, 760. 15 The
sons of Binnui, 648. 16 The sons of Bebai,
628. 17 The sons of Azgad, 2,322. 18 The
sons of Adonikam, 667. 19 The sons of Bigvai,
2,067. 20 The sons of Adin, 655. 21 The
sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98. 22 The sons
of Hashum, 328. 23 The sons of Bezai,
324. 24 The sons of Hariph, 112. 25 The
sons of Gibeon, 95. 26 The men of Bethlehem
and Netophah, 188. 27 The men of Anathoth,
128. 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, 42. 29 The
men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. 30 The
men of Ramah and Geba, 621. 31 The men of Michmas,
122. 32 The men of Bethel and Ai, 123. 33 The
men of the other Nebo, 52. 34 The sons of the
other Elam, 1,254. 35 The sons of Harim, 320. 36 The
sons of Jericho, 345. 37 The sons of Lod, Hadid,
and Ono, 721. 38 The sons of Senaah, 3,930.
39 The
priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973. 40 The
sons of Immer, 1,052. 41 The sons
of Pashhur, 1,247. 42 The sons of Harim,
1,017.
43 The
Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah,
74. 44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. 45 The
gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the
sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138.
46 The
temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of
Tabbaoth, 47 the sons of Keros, the sons
of Sia, the sons of Padon, 48 the sons of
Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, 49 the
sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, 50 the
sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, 51 the
sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, 52 the
sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim, 53 the
sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 54 the
sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, 55 the
sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, 56 the
sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.
57 The sons
of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons
of Perida, 58 the sons of Jaala, the sons of
Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 59 the sons of
Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons
of Amon.
60 All the
temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.
61 The
following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers' houses
nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: 62 the
sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. 63 Also,
of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai
(who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was
called by their name). 64 These sought their
registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found
there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 The governor
told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest
with Urim and Thummim should arise.
Priests who could not
prove they had proper credentials could not serve as priests. What standard
does your church use in selecting its ministers?
I had never really given
this much thought but I now see how easily a congregation can be lead astray if
the minister is not a true man of God, using God’s word as his teaching
resource.
Debbie Walker
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