Nehemiah 7:5

Easy To Read Version

So my God put it in my heart to have all the people meet together. I called together all the important people, the officials, and the common people. I did this so I could make a list of all the families. I found the family lists {\cf2\super [22]} of the people that had been the first to return from captivity. This is what I found written there:

Cross References

Ezra 2:62

These people searched for their family histories, but they could not find them. Their names were not included in the list of priests. They could not prove that their ancestors were priests, so they could not serve as priests.

Ezra 7:27

{\cf2\super [52]} Blessed is the Lord,\par the God of our ancestors.\par God put the idea into the king’s heart\par to honor the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.\par

Nehemiah 5:19

God, remember all the good I have done for these people.

Nehemiah 6:14

God, please remember Tobiah and Sanballat. Remember the bad things they have done. Also remember the woman prophet Noadiah and the other prophets that have been trying to scare me.

Nehemiah 7:4

Now the city was large and there was plenty of room. But there were few people in it and the houses had not yet been built again.

Nehemiah 7:64

These people searched for their family histories, but they could not find them. They could not prove that their ancestors {\cf2\super [34]} were priests, so they could serve as priests. Their names were not included in the list of priests.

Proverbs 2:6

The Lord gives wisdom. Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.

Proverbs 3:6

Think about God in all that you do. Then he will help you.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace (gift), that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

2 Corinthians 3:5

I don’t mean that we are able to say that we can do anything \{good\} ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

2 Corinthians 8:16

I thank God because he gave Titus the same love for you that I have.

James 1:16

My dear brothers and sisters, don’t be fooled about this.