Nehemiah Appoints Rulers for Jerusalem

71 And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

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.