Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
- KJV Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
- NKJV And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
- NASB Now the first inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
- NLT The first of the exiles to return to their property in their former towns were priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites.
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Lists the first groups to resettle their towns after exile: laypeople, priests, Levites, and temple servants. It signals the community rebuilt around worship.
Overview
The returnees are organized around the temple, with priests, Levites, and Nethinim (temple servants) named alongside ordinary Israelites. The Chronicler highlights that worship stood at the center of the restored nation's life. This ordering reflects his conviction that Israel's true identity is found in serving God, anticipating the people of God in Christ who are built together as a spiritual house.
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Cross-references · 8
- Neh 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.
- Ezra 8:20They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
- Ezra 2:58The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
- Ezra 2:70So 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.
- Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
- Neh 7:60The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
- Neh 11:3–22These 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—
- Josh 9:21–27They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
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