1Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Nehemiah 7:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-4)God saith concerning his church (Isa. 62:6), I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem ! This is Nehemiah’s care here; for dead walls, without living watchmen, are but a poor defence to a city. I. He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites , in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree,...
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