Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Nehemiah 7:4
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Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
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Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded.
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Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
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Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
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Nehemiah 7
2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
3 And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
4 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
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