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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: Nehemiah 7:5-73: List of Returned Exiles, Take 2
Description: As Nehemiah prepares to take a census of the people of Judah in preparation for people to move into Jerusalem, he finds the record of those who had returned at the edict of Cyrus almost 100 years ago. Although the list had been recorded previously in Ezra 2, the list is recorded again in this place as a reminder of the faithfulness of previous generations. Now that the wall of Jerusalem is complete, the list of those who initially returned is a reminder that God has been at work in His people by not only rebuilding a city but also restoring...