## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:1:1
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**וַיִּפָּקְדוּ.** עַתָּה נַעֲשׂוּ הַלְוִיִּם פְּקוּדִים עַל פְּקִידוּתָן, לִהְיוֹתָן שׁוֹעֲרִים וּמְשׁוֹרְרִים מִן הַלְוִיִּם בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were appointed** The Levites were now made appointees over their stations to be gatekeepers and singers in the Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:2:1
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**עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָם.** לִשְׁמֹר שַׁעֲרֵי יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over Jerusalem** to guard the gates of Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:2:2
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**מֵרַבִּים.** מִיָּמִים רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for a long time** Heb. מֵרַבִּים, lit. from many; from many days.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:3:1
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**עַד חֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ.** עַד חֲצִי הַיּוֹם, שֶׁהָיָה הַיּוֹם גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until the sun becomes hot** until midday, for the day was long.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:3:2
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**וְעַד הֵם עוֹמְדִים.** וּבְעוֹד שֶׁהַשְּׁעָרִים פְּתוּחִים יִהְיוּ עוֹמְדִים, שֶׁלֹּא יָזוּזוּ עַד יָגִיפוּ וְיִסְגְּרוּ הַדְּלָתוֹת, וְהָרוֹצֶה לָצֵאת יֵצֵא מִן הָעִיר וְהָרוֹצֶה לִיכָּנֵס יָבֹא וְיִכָּנֵס. כָּל כָּךְ הָיוּ עוֹשִׂים מִפְּנֵי הָאוֹיְבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall stand until** And as long as the doors are open, they shall stand; they shall not move until the doors are locked shut, and whoever wishes to leave may leave the city, and whoever wishes to enter may come and enter. They did all this because of the enemies.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:3:3
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**וְאֶחֱזוּ.** יֹאחֲזוּ הַדְּלָתוֹת לְסָגְרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and hold them** They should hold the doors to lock them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:3:4
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**מִשְׁמְרוֹת יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם.** מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם הֶעֱמִידוּ מִשְׁמָרוֹת, גִּיטְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**watches among the inhabitants of Jerusalem** of the inhabitants of Jerusalem station watches, jetes in Old French, (groups of) watchmen.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:4:1
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**רְחַבַת יָדַיִם.** רְחַבַת מָקוֹם וּגְדוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a wide place** Heb. רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם, a wide and large place.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:5:1
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**לְהִתְיַחֵשׂ.** לַחֲקוֹר יִחוּסָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to trace their lineage** Heb. לְהִתְיַחֵישׂ, to search for their lineage.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:5:2
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**הָעוֹלִים בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה.** מֵאוֹתָן הַיְּהוּדִים הָעוֹלִים עִם עֶזְרָא **בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who went up at first** of those Jews who went up with Ezra at first.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:5:3
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**וָאֶמְצָא כָתוּב בּוֹ.** כָּל אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים הָיוּ כְתוּבִים בְּאוֹתָהּ אִגֶּרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I found written in it** All these words were written in that letter.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:6:1
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**אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה וְגוֹ׳.** עַד ״וְהַגּוֹרָלוֹת הִפַּלְנוּ עַל קָרְבַּן הָעֵצִים״ (נחמיה י:לה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These are the people of the province, etc.** until (10:35): “And we cast lots for the wood sacrifice.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:6:2
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**וְלִיהוּדָה.** לִמְדִינַת יְהוּדָה׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to Judea** to the province of Judea.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:6:3
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**אִישׁ לְעִירוֹ.** כָּל אֶחָד לְעִירוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one to his city** lit. a man to his city.


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

**הַבָּאִים עִם זְרֻבָּבֶל.** אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ מִשְּׁבִי הַגּוֹלָה עִם זְרֻבָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who came with Zerubbabel** who came from the captivity of the exile with Zerubbabel.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 7:7:2
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**יֵשׁוּעַ.** הוּא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן יְהוֹצָדָק הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל (חגי א:א). חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת הַלָּלוּ פְּעָמִים הֵם מְכֻוָּנִים עִם חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת שֶׁל מַעְלָה, פְּעָמִים יֵשׁ שֶׁאֵינָם מְכֻוָּנִים זֶה כְּנֶגֶד זֶה; וְלֹא דִקְדֵּק הַמִּקְרָא בַּחֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת כָּל כָּךְ, אֲבָל הַכְּלָל שָׁוֶה (עַיֵּן בְּעֶזְרָא סִימָן ב פ״ב וְצָרִיךְ עִיּוּן יסוד ושרש העבודה) לְכָאן וּלְכָאן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כָּל הַקָּהָל כְּאֶחָד וְגוֹ׳״ (נחמיה ז:סו). וְעַל זֶה הַכְּלָל סָמַךְ כּוֹתֵב הַסֵּפֶר, וְלֹא דִקְדֵּק בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן הַפְּרָטִיּוֹת כָּל כָּךְ, וְהַכֹּל מְפֹרָשׁ לְמַעְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Jeshua** This is Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the High Priest. These figures sometimes coincide with the above figures (Ezra 2); sometimes there are some that do not coincide. Scripture was not so exact with the figures, but the total is the same in both places, as it is stated (Ezra 2:64, Neh. 7:66): “The entire congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty.” The writer relied on this total and was not so exact in the figures of the individual numbers. Everything is explained above (Ezra 2).