Nehemiah 7:1
Nehemiah Appoints Rulers for Jerusalem
71 Now it happened, 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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71 Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1
Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1-4
(Read Nehemiah 7:1-4)
Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.