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Ezra 2:70

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.

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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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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they dweltH3427 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
וְ֠הַלְוִיִּםVe.hal.vi.yimand the LevitesH3881 →
וּֽמִן־u.min-and some ofH4480 →
הָעָ֞םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧יםve.ham.sho.re.Rimand the singersH7891 →
וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛יםve.ha.sho.'a.Rimand the gatekeepersH7778 →
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖יםve.ha.ne.ti.Nimand the temple servantsH5411 →
בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.rei.Hemin cities theirH5892 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ סbe.'a.rei.Hemin cities theirH5892 →

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Nehemiah 7:73So 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 settled in their towns.Isaiah 44:26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’Ezra 6:16–17Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.Nehemiah 11:3–36These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—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 will be ruler over them.’”1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.Jeremiah 33:26then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”Nehemiah 10:28“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,Nehemiah 11:3These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

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Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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