Ezra 8:20 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.

KJV

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The deputation was despatched to Iddo, who was a prince or chief of the Nethinims--for the Persian government allowed the Hebrews during their exile to retain their ecclesiastical government by their own chiefs, as well as to enjoy the privilege of free worship.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִן־	u.min-	and some of	H4480 →
הַנְּתִינִ֗ים	ha.ne.ti.Nim	the temple servants	H5411 →
שֶׁנָּתַ֨ן	she.na.Tan	whom he had appointed	H5414 →
דָּוִ֤יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וְהַשָּׂרִים֙	ve.ha.sa.Rim	and the officials	H8269 →
לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת	la.'a.vo.Dat	for [the] work of	H5656 →
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
נְתִינִ֖ים	ne.ti.Nim	temple servants	H5411 →
מָאתַ֣יִם	ma.Ta.yim	two hundred	H3967 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים	ve.'es.Rim	and twenty	H6242 →
כֻּלָּ֖ם	ku.Lam	all of them	H3605 →
נִקְּב֥וּ	ni.ke.Vu	they had been designated	H5344 →
בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃	ve.she.Mot	by names	H8034 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 9:2
Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
leads to
- Ezra 2:58
  The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Ezra 2:43
  The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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…
Through
Philippians 4:3
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in…
leads to
- Revelation 3:5
  Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
- Luke 10:20
  Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
- Revelation 13:8
  And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was…
- Philippians 1:27
  Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…
- Revelation 21:27