Neh 7:6 | TNotes | STEP | 7:6 Jewish exiles ... returned to Jerusalem and the other towns: These lists were not complete (the individual numbers do not add up to the total number in 7:66 ), but they were the best records available to verify who truly was a Jew.

‏ Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 ^a Jewish exiles ... returned to Jerusalem and the other towns: These lists were not complete (the individual numbers do not add up to the total number in 7:66 ^b), but they were the best records available to verify who truly was a Jew.