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Nehemiah 7:32

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the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 32

The success of one good design for God and our generation should encourage us to proceed and form some other; Nehemiah did so, having fortified Jerusalem with gates and walls, his next care is, I. To see the city well kept (Neh 7:1-4). II. To see it well peopled, in order to which he here reviews and calls over the register of the children of the captivity, the families that returned at first, and records it (v. 5-73). It is the same, in effect, with that which we had, Ezra 2. What use he made of it we shall find afterwards, when he brought one of ten to live in Jerusalem, Neh 11:1.

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Strong's Concordancev. 32

אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, H582) — a man in general (singly or collectively) בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl, H1008) — Beth-El, a place in Palestine עַי (ʻAy, H5857) — Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine מֵאָה (mêʼâh, H3967) — a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, H6242) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, H7969) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

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Ezra 2:28rank 3

the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;

Joshua 8:17rank 2

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.

Joshua 8:9rank 2

So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.

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