Nehemiah 7:5

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

found. This account probably written long after this date (426): say, between 404 and 400 B.C. Hebrew. I find that the list of names was, &c.

I found. register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first. It must be borne in mind that Nehemiah wrote long after this date (426 B.C.); probably between 403 and 400 B.C. It is quite natural therefore that he should write of finding such. book as this. When he says, "I found. book", &c, it does not mean that Nehemiah found or discovered the register at that time; but, writing long after, he says, "I find that the list of names was, so and so", &c,

a register, which is here inserted. It consists of Judah and Benjamin. Levi was not here as. distinct community (compare Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 10:9).