## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 12

###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:1:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:1:1)

**וְיֵשׁוּעַ.** הוּא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Jeshua** That is Joshua the High Priest.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:7:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:7:1)

**בִּימֵי יֵשׁוּעַ.** שֶׁהָיוּ רָאשִׁים בִּימֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the days of Jeshua** i.e., those who were leaders in the days of Joshua the High Priest.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:8:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:8:1)

**הֻיְּדוֹת.** מִן כְּלֵי שִׁיר, לוֹמַר שִׁירָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**huyedoth** [This was] a type of musical instrument which accompanied the songs.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:9:1)

**לְמִשְׁמָרוֹת.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ (דברי הימים א כד:א ואילך) שֶׁהַלְוִיִּם הָיוּ חֲלוּקִים לְעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה מִשְׁמָרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the watches** as we find (in I Chronicles from ch. 24 on) that the Levites were divided into twenty- four watches.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:10:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:10:1)

**וְיֵשׁוּעַ הוֹלִיד אֶת יוֹיָקִים וְגוֹ׳.** כָּל אֵלּוּ שֶׁבְּמִקְרָא זֶה הָיוּ כֹּהֲנִים גְּדוֹלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now Jeshua begot Joiakim, etc.** All those [listed] in this verse were high priests.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:12:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:12:1)

**וּבִימֵי יוֹיָקִים.** שֶׁהָיָה כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל הָיוּ כֹהֲנִים הַלָּלוּ, הֵם הָיוּ רָאשִׁים, **רָאשֵׁי** בֵּית אָב לְמִשְׁמְרוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And in the days of Joiakim** who was the high priest. These priests were the leaders of the fathers’ houses of their watches.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:12:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:12:2)

**לִשְׂרָיָה מְרָיָה.** לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת שֶׁל שְׂרָיָה הָיָה מְרָיָה רֹאשׁ בֵּית אָב, וּלְמִשְׁמֶרֶת שֶׁל יִרְמְיָה הָיָה חֲנַנְיָה רֹאשׁ בֵּית אָב, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם. וְאֶת אֲשֶׁר לֹא פֵּרַשׁ כָּל הָעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע מִשְׁמָרוֹת, לֹא דִקְדֵּק הַמִּקְרָא בְּכָךְ לִמְנוֹתָם כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of Seraiah was Meraiah** Of the watch of Seraiah, the head of the father’s house was Meraiah, and of the watch of Jeremiah, the head of the father’s house was Hananiah, and so it is with them all, and the reason Scripture did not list all twenty-four watches is that it is not exacting in enumerating them all.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:22:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:22:1)

**הַלְוִיִּם בִּימֵי אֶלְיָשִׁיב.** הַלְוִיִּם הַלָּלוּ הָיוּ רָאשֵׁי בֵית אָבוֹת בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹת הַלְוִיִּם בִּימֵי אֶלְיָשִׁיב הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל, וְהַכֹּהֲנִים הַמְּנוּיִין לְמַעְלָה בְּסָמוּךְ (פסוקים א-כא) הֵם הָיוּ רָאשֵׁי בֵית אָבוֹת בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָם גַּם בִּימֵי אֶלְיָשִׁיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Levites in the days of Eliashib** These Levites were the heads of the fathers’ houses in the watches of the Levites in the days of Eliashib the High Priest, and the priests enumerated immediately above were the heads of the fathers’ houses in their watches, also in the days of Eliashib.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:22:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:22:2)

**עַל מַלְכוּת.** בִּימֵי מַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ הָיָה דָּבָר זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the reign of** This matter came about in the days of Darius.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:23:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:23:1)

**וְעַד יְמֵי יוֹחָנָן.** כָּל אוֹתָן שֶׁהָיוּ רָאשֵׁי אָבוֹת הַלְוִיִּם **עַד יְמֵי יוֹחָנָן** כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מְנוּיִין שָׁם בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**even until the days of Johanan** All those who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites until the days of Johanan the High Priest were enumerated in the chronicles.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:24:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:24:1)

**מִשְׁמָר לְעֻמַּת מִשְׁמָר.** שֶׁהָיוּ חֲלוּקִים בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָם לוֹמַר שִׁירָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a watch opposite a watch** for they were divided into their watches to recite the song.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:25:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:25:1)

**שׁוֹעֲרִים מִשְׁמָר.** שׁוֹעֲרִים הָיוּ בְמִשְׁמָר שֶׁלָּהֶם, לִשְׁמֹר שַׁעֲרֵי הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sentries of the gates [in their] watch** The sentries of the gates were in their watch to guard the gates of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:25:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:25:2)

**בָּאֲסוּפֵּי.** כְּמוֹ בְּסִפֵּי הַשְּׁעָרִים (דברי הימים א ט:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the thresholds** Heb. בַּאֲסֻפֵּי, like בְּסִיפֵּי הַשְּׁעָרִים, at the thresholds of the gates.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:26:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:26:1)

**אֵלֶּה בִּימֵי יוֹיָקִים.** אֵלֶּה הָיוּ שׁוֹעֲרִים בִּימֵי יוֹיָקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These were in the days of Joiakim** These were the gate sentries in the days of Joiakim.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:27:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:27:1)

**וּבַחֲנֻכַּת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם.** בְּתַשְׁלוּם חוֹמַת הָעִיר, לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem** at the completion of the wall of the city, to sanctify the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:27:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:27:2)

**וּבְתוֹדוֹת.** וּבְהוֹדָאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with thanksgivings** Heb. וּבְתוֹדוֹת, and with thanksgivings.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:28:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:28:1)

**וּמִן הַכִּכָּר.** אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בָּאוּ הַמְשׁוֹרְרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from the plain** the singers came from [the plain] surrounding Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:30:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:30:1)

**וַיִּטַּהֲרוּ.** תְּחִלָּה טִהֲרוּ אֶת עַצְמָן, וְאַחַר כָּךְ טִהֲרוּ אֶת אֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**purified themselves** First they purified themselves, and afterwards they purified the others.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:30:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:30:2)

**וְאֶת הַשְּׁעָרִים וְאֶת הַחוֹמָה.** שֶׁלֹּא תִהְיֶה טֻמְאָה שָׁם בָּעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the gates and the wall** that there should be no uncleanliness in the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:31:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:31:1)

**מֵעַל לַחוֹמָה.** שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אֶת הָעִיר, וְהָלְכוּ הַשָּׂרִים וּבֵית דִּין וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם עִם שְׁתֵּי תוֹדוֹת סָבִיב לָעִיר. הַכֹּל כַּמְפֹרָשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת שְׁבוּעוֹת (שבועות טו,א), כְּדֵי לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**upon the wall** meaning that he sanctified the city, the princes, the tribunal, and the Levites with two thanksgiving offerings around the city, as is delineated in Tractate Shebuoth (14a, 15a, b), in order to sanctify the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:31:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:31:2)

**שְׁתֵּי תוֹדוֹת.** שְׁתֵּי לַחְמֵי תוֹדָה, כָּל לֶחֶם וָלֶחֶם קָרוּי תּוֹדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**two...thanksgiving offerings** two breads of the thanksgiving offerings, each bread being called a thanksgiving offering.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:31:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:31:3)

**וְתַהֲלוּכוֹת לַיָּמִין.** וְכַאֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מִן הָעִיר כְּדֵי לְסוֹבְבָהּ, הָלְכוּ לְצַד יְמִינָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with processions to the right** And when they went out of the city in order to encompass it, they went to the right side.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:34:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:34:1)

**יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין.** שְׁנֵי שָׂרִים הָיוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Judah and Benjamin** They were two princes.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:36:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:36:1)

**וְאֶחָיו.** חֲבֵירָיו שֶׁל זְכַרְיָה הַכֹּהֵן (נחמיה יב:לה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And his brethren** the colleagues of Zechariah the priest.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:37:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:37:1)

**וְעַל שַׁעַר הָעָיִן.** לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר הָעַיִן הָלְכוּ סְבִיבוֹת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And by the Fountain Gate** Before the Fountain Gate, they marched around the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:37:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:37:2)

**וְנֶגְדָּם עָלוּ.** וּלְפָנֵיהֶם עָלוּ מִ**שַּׁעַר הָעַיִן** **לְמַעֲלוֹת** שֶׁל **עִיר דָּוִד** וְאוֹתָן **מַעֲלוֹת** הָיוּ **לַחוֹמָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and opposite them** And before them they ascended from the Fountain Gate to the steps of the City of David, and those steps led to the wall.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:38:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:38:1)

**וְהַתּוֹדָה הַשֵּׁנִית הַהוֹלֶכֶת לְמוֹל.** תּוֹדָה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁהָיְתָה **שֵׁנִית** לַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ הָיְתָה **הוֹלֶכֶת** נֶגֶד חֲבֶרְתָּהּ בְּשָׁוֶה, וְלֹא זוֹ אַחַר זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the second thanksgiving offering, which went opposite [it]** The other thanksgiving offering, which was second to its fellow, went opposite its fellow, alongside it, not one following the other.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:38:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:38:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:38:2)

**וַאֲנִי אַחֲרֶיהָ.** וַאֲנִי הָיִיתִי הוֹלֵךְ **אַחֲרֶיהָ** שֶׁל תּוֹדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I was after it** And I marched after it, [i.e.,] after the thanksgiving offering.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:39:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:39:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:39:1)

**וְעָמְדוּ.** שָׁם הָיוּ עוֹמְדִים, שֶׁלֹּא לֵילֵךְ יוֹתֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they stood** They stood, there and did not go any further.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:40:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:40:1)

**שְׁתֵּי הַתּוֹדוֹת.** שֶׁנָּשְׂאוּ אוֹתָם לְבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the two thanksgiving offerings** that they carried to the Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:41:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:41:1)

**בַּחֲצוֹצְרוֹת.** הָיוּ תּוֹקְעִין מִתּוֹךְ שִׂמְחָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the trumpets** They sounded the trumpets out of their joy.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:44:1)

**וַיִּפָּקְדוּ.** לְשׁוֹן פְּקִידוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were appointed** Heb. וַיִפָקְדוּ, a word meaning appointment.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:44:2)

**הַנְּשָׁכוֹת.** כְּמוֹ הַלְּשָׁכוֹת שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the chambers** Heb. הַנְשָׁכוֹת, like הַלְשָּׁכוֹת, the chambers of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:44:3)

**לִכְנוֹס בָּהֶם.** וּבְאוֹתָן הַלְּשָׁכוֹת הָיוּ נוֹתְנִים כָּל מַתְּנוֹתֵיהֶם שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם, וּמִשָּׁם הָיוּ חוֹלְקִין בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to gather in them** And in these chambers they would place all the gifts of the priests and the Levites, and from there they would distribute [them] among them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:44:4)

**מְנָאוֹת.** כְּמוֹ מָנוֹת (נחמיה ח:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**portions** Heb. מְנָאוֹת like מָנוֹת.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:44:5)

**לַכֹּהֲנִים לַלְוִיִּם.** כֹּהֲנִים הָיוּ נוֹטְלִים הָרָאוּי לָהֶם וְהַלְוִיִּם הָרָאוּי לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the priests and for the Levites** The priests were taking what was due them and the Levites what was due them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:44:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:44:6)

**הָעוֹמְדִים.** וּמְשַׁמְּשִׁים שָׁם לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּתוֹדוֹת וְהוֹדָאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who stood** and ministered there before the Holy One, blessed be He, with thanksgiving offerings and thanksgivings.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:47:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:47:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:47:1)

**מְנָיוֹת.** כְּמוֹ מָנוֹת (נחמיה ח:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the portions** Heb. מְנָיוֹת, like מָנוֹת.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 12:47:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 12:47:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/12:47:2)

**וּמַקְדִּישִׁים לַלְוִיִּם.** הָיוּ נוֹתְנִים בְּמַעֲשֵׂר **לַלְוִיִּם**, וְהֵם הָיוּ נוֹטְלִים מַעֲשֵׂר מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר וְנוֹתְנִים לַכֹּהֲנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they consecrated [them] for the Levites** And they would give the tithe to the Levites, who would take the tithe from the tithe and give it to the priests.