The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

NEHEMIAH 7:43KJV
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Nehemiah 7:43 (KJV)

What does Nehemiah 7:43 mean?

Nehemiah 7:43 lists a group of Levites—descendants of Jeshua, Kadmiel, and Hodevah—who returned from exile, numbering seventy-four men. This verse is part of a census recording those who came back to Jerusalem to help restore the community and its worship.

Nehemiah, the governor, is recording the names and numbers of people who returned from Babylonian exile to Jerusalem. The Levites were a tribe set apart for religious duties, and mentioning their specific families and numbers shows the careful organization of temple service. This verse highlights the importance of the Levites in reestablishing worship and community life after the exile.

Where else these words appear

“Kadmiel” Hebrew H6934 · used in 8 verses

  • Ezra 2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
  • Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
  • Nehemiah 10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

“Jeshua” Hebrew H3442 · used in 29 verses

  • 1 Chronicles 24:11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
  • Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
  • Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

“seventy” Hebrew H7657 · used in 90 verses

  • Genesis 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
  • Numbers 7:73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
  • 1 Chronicles 21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.