# Connecting Statement:

Nehemiah is continuing to recount the number of people who returned from exile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Michmas ... Bethel and Ai ... Nebo ... Elam

These are all names of places. (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ai]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elam]]