KJV King James Version
So the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezra 2:70
So the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
WEB World English Bible
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
ASV American Standard Version
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the priests dwell, and the Levites, and of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, in their cities; even all Israel in their cities.
Surrounding context — Ezra 2
67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 And [some] of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which [is] at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
70 So the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוְ֠הַלְוִיִּםH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviוּֽמִן־H4480 · minfromהָעָ֞םH5971 · ampeopleוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧יםH7891 · shirto singוְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛יםH7778 · sho.ergatekeeperוְהַנְּתִינִ֖יםH5411 · na.tintemple servantבְּעָרֵיהֶ֑םH5892 · irexcitementוְכָל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ סH5892 · irexcitement
Cross-references
Nehemiah 7:73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.Nehemiah 11:3-36Now these [are] the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.1 Chronicles 11:2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.Ezra 6:16-17And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
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