- According to Nehemiah 7, who were the “chief staff executives” of Nehemiah?
- How would one understand the phrase that “he was a more trustworthy and God fearing man than most”; is this damning with faint praise?
- Although the walls were rebuilt, was Jerusalem (according to this text) well populated at this time?
- According to the verses which follow, is the list set down the same as, partly identical with, substantially different from that which appears in Ezra 2?
- Is there any reference to Ezra in this listing (see, especially, Nehemiah 7:7)?
- According Nehemiah 7:39-43, the number of Kohanim was far greater than that of the Levites; what may explain this substantial difference?
- Nehemiah 7:63-64 have an interesting reference to genealogy and to validating who was a Kohen. If the record was not to be found, what was the consequence?
- And, why might they then be readmitted to the priesthood if “a priest with Urimand Thummim should appear”? How would this enable a “determination”?
- According to Nehemiah 7:72 did the returnees (some 45,000) settle in one area or scatter, largely, in the cities and towns from which they had come or their families had come years before?
