Nehemiah 7 · Verse 32

Nehemiah 7:32

The men of Beth–el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
Nehemiah 7:32, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:32 in other translations

BSBthe men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
WEBThe men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three.
ASVThe men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.
YLTMen of Bethel and Ai: a hundred twenty and three.
DARBYThe men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
BBEThe men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
WebsterThe men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty three.

What does Nehemiah 7:32 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 7:5-73

Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy…

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Nehemiah 7:32 in the original Hebrew

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אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
בֵֽית\־veit-Beth-H1008
אֵל֙'el-elH1008
וְהָעָ֔יve.ha.'Aiand <the> AiH5857
מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃\ \סu.she.lo.Shahand threeH7969

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:32

  • Ezra 2:28

    The men of Beth–el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

  • Joshua 8:9

    Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

  • Joshua 8:17

    And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:31

    The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:32

    The men of Beth–el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

  • Nehemiah 7:33

    The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

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Nehemiah 7:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los varones de Beth-el y de Ai, ciento veintitrés;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les hommes de Béthel et d’Aï, 123;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Männer von Bethel und Ai, 123;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Viri Bethel et Hai, centum viginti tres.