Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Nehemiah 7:44 Explained in Context
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Verse 44. 44The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
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Quick Meaning
This verse counts Asaphite singers at 148.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 7:43–7:45
Read Nehemiah 7:43–7:45 together. This verse counts Asaphite singers at 148. Read Nehemiah 7:43–7:45 as one complete scene: Levites, Asaphite singers, and gatekeepers are enumerated by family and function.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Three short occupational-service totals form a distinct block between priests and temple servants. Its placement advances the book. Worship and security depend on multiple service communities whose small counts should not be treated as marginal importance. Within that movement, this verse counts Asaphite singers at 148.
Read Nehemiah 7:43–45 together
Why these verses belong together: Three short occupational-service totals form a distinct block between priests and temple servants.
Verse 43. 43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
Verse 44. 44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Verse 45. 45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
What Remains True
Within Nehemiah 7:43–7:45, Nehemiah 7:44 counts Asaphite singers at 148. Communities should recognize sustaining roles as people with needs, voice, and accountable support.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Nehemiah 7:44, attend to how the verse counts Asaphite singers at 148. Budget for less visible service teams, record workloads, and include them in decisions that affect their duties.
Continue in Context
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Read Nehemiah 7:43–7:45 — Levites, singers, and gatekeepers are countedSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Nehemiah 7:43–7:45, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Nehemiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, repeated roots, Persian titles, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Neh.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 7:43–7:45
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Nehemiah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded KJV comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, literary, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence in the notes is not treated as positive evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Nehemiah PDF, printed pp. 770–772, translation text and any translator notes printed for 7:43–7:45
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