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Nehemiah 7:41 Explained in Context
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Verse 41. 41The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
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Role in This Section
This verse counts Pashur's priestly descendants at 1,247.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 7:39–7:42
Read Nehemiah 7:39–7:42 together. This verse counts Pashur's priestly descendants at 1,247. Read Nehemiah 7:39–7:42 as one complete scene: The descendants of Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur, and Harim are counted among the returning priests.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs one particular step inside Nehemiah 7:39–7:42; read it with the unit's movement. The totals differ in some parallel witnesses, and the list does not explain how active service or individual qualification was verified. Specifically, this verse counts Pashur's priestly descendants at 1,247.
Read Nehemiah 7:39–42 together
Why these verses belong together: Four priestly houses and their totals form a distinct service-qualified register block before Levites.
Verse 39. 39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Verse 40. 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Verse 41. 41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Verse 42. 42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Nehemiah 7:39–7:42, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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