Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
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Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
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Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
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(10-4) Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah;
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Nehemiah 10:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
- Nehemiah 8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 11:12 and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
- Nehemiah 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
- Nehemiah 12:13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3–8, Priests: 9–13, Levites: 14–28, Chiefs of the people
3–8, Priests: 9–13, Levites: 14–28, Chiefs of the people
The 21 names here given are those of the priestly houses. The list of Neh_12:1-3 agrees with it in 16 names. The number 21 is peculiar; in chap. 12 the number is larger by one. In Ezra 2, Nehemiah 7, only four priestly houses are recorded, viz. Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur and Harim, as having returned with Zerubbabel. Pashur is mentioned in Neh_10:3; Harim in Neh_10:5. The other priestly families had either developed themselves out of these first four, or had arrived from time to time from Babylon.
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That 21 and not 24 are recorded, is noteworthy. Various conjectures have been hazarded, e.g. that names have dropped out from the text, or that three of the priestly tribes refused to sign the document, or that the complete list of priestly houses has not yet been reorganised.
Seraiah’s name is given first. To his family belonged both Eliashib the high-priest and Ezra the scribe. The absence of their names does not therefore deserve the importance which some commentators have given to it. A single signature for the whole house may have been affixed by Eliashib or by Ezra or by some other distinguished person of the same house. We have no reason to look for the names of individual priests among the names of the priestly houses.
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