Ezra 2:70
in Ezra 2So 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
All Israel - That the Israelites of the ten tribes returned to Palestine with Zerubbabel is apparent: (1) from 1Ch 9:3; (2) from the enumeration of twelve chiefs (Neh 7:7; 1 Esd. 5:8); and (3) from various expressions in Ezra Ezr 2:2, Ezr 2:59; Ezr 3:1.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"A canticle of David, when the house was built after the captivity." So far as the literal sense is concerned, the heading points to the time when the temple at Jerusalem is known to have been refurbished by Zerubbabel, son of Salathiel, after it had …
The Medieval Church1 voice
The priests and Levites, therefore, dwelt among the people, etc. The whole of Israel is mentioned, not only the ten tribes that were once called Israel, to distinguish them from the two tribes that were called Judah; but all who generally ascended from captivity, whether …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Their poverty was a bad cause, but their unity and unanimity were a good effect of it. Here was room enough for them all and all their substance, so that there was no strife among them, but perfect harmony, a blessed presage of their settlement, as their discords in the latter times of that state were of their ruin.
Yet thence must the Messiah arise. Harim - The head of one of the twenty four courses which David appointed, 1 Chron. xxiv, 8, of all which courses, some observe here are not above four or five that returned. There is another Harim mentioned above, ver. 32, but that was no priest, as this was ver. 36.
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So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,.... Which were assigned to them out of the several tribes, and in which they or their forefathers had dwelt before the captivity: and all Israel in their cities; as those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, so of the other ten, as many as returned and joined those who were left in the land.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Dwelt in their cities - They all went to those cities which belonged originally to their respective families.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ | vaiyeshevu | and they dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| וּֽמִן־ | umin- | and some of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָעָ֞ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים | vehamshorerim | and the singers | H7891 → | 86 times |
| וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛ים | vehashoarim | and the gatekeepers | H7778 → | 37 times |
| וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים | vehanetinim | and the temple servants | H5411 → | 17 times |
| בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם | beareihem | in cities their | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ ס | beareihem | in cities their | H5892 → | 1090 times |
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּand they dwelt
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְ֠הַלְוִיִּםand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
וּֽמִן־and some of
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הָעָ֞םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧יםand the singers
vehamshorerimH7891 →86 times
וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛יםand the gatekeepers
vehashoarimH7778 →37 times
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖יםand the temple servants
vehanetinimH5411 →17 times
בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑םin cities their
beareihemH5892 →1090 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ סin cities their
beareihemH5892 →1090 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had…
- Ezra 2:58
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
- Ezra 8:20
They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
- Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
- Nehemiah 7:60
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
- Nehemiah 7:73
Through
1 Chronicles 11:2Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:2
Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel,…
- John 10:4
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
- Psalms 78:71
from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
- 2 Samuel 5:2
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Cassiodorus, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 95.1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.