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Nehemiah 10:9
The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a formal list of covenant signatories, positioned between the priests in Nehemiah 10:8 and their associates in Nehemiah 10:10. It documents the Levitical representatives who ratified the community's renewed commitment.
The words — הַלְוִיִּם (haLviYim) = the Levites, and בֶּן־ (ben-) = son of, structurally linking individual names to their familial lines within the roster.
The thread — The same Levitical figures appear in Nehemiah 3:18, Nehemiah 3:24, and Nehemiah 7:43, where Binnui son of Henadad is credited with wall repairs and Jeshua son of Azaniah is noted in the priestly and Levitical genealogies.
Why it lands — The verse functions as an administrative record, requiring the reader to recognize the specific Levitical leaders responsible for the covenant's implementation and the community's structural restoration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 3:18 Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah.
- Nehemiah 3:24 After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,
- Nehemiah 7:43 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
- Nehemiah 8:7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Nehemiah 9:4 And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 12:8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
- Nehemiah 12:24 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.