Nehemiah 7:5

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

Cross-reference

Nehemiah 7:64 records priests excluded for lacking genealogical proof, showing the outcome of the enrollment begun in 7:5.

Nehemiah 11:1 describes casting lots to settle Jerusalem after the genealogical enrollment, continuing the narrative.

Ezra 2:62 Parallel

Ezra 2:62 also mentions priests who could not prove their genealogy, mirroring the exclusion in Nehemiah's registration.

Ezra 7:27 Parallel

In Ezra 7:27, the same phrase 'put into the heart' describes God moving a pagan king to beautify the temple — parallel to God moving Nehemiah to register the people.

In 2 Corinthians 8:16, Paul thanks God who 'put into the heart of Titus' earnest care — identical language to Nehemiah's statement about God putting it into his heart.

In Philippians 2:13, God works in believers to will and act — directly parallels Nehemiah's testimony that God put the plan into his heart to accomplish it.

1 Chronicles 9:1-9 provides a similar genealogical list of first returnees, paralleling the record Nehemiah discovered.