Nehemiah 12:1-26 - Exposition

1. That of the priestly families whose seals were set to the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:2-8 ); and,

2. That of the heads of the priestly courses under the high priest Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:12-21 ). The number of the names in each of the three lists is almost exactly the same (twenty-two or twenty-one); the names are for the most part the same; and they are given nearly in the same order. That they are the names of families appears most distinctly from the third list ( Nehemiah 12:12-21 ).