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Ezra 2:70

68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

69 According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

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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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
So the priests and the Levites, with some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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.
DARBY
And the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
BLB
And the priests dwelt—and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim—in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
ÅB
Både prestene og levittene og noen av det menige folk og sangerne og dørvokterne og tempeltjenerne bosatte seg i sine byer, og hele Israel ellers bodde i sine byer.
[^1]: d.e. Judas rike, som dengang var et landskap i det persiske rike, ESR 5, 8. NEH 11, 3.
[^2]: d.e. folk fra Betlehem.
[^3]: ESR 2, 7.
[^4]: Serubabel.
[^5]: 2MO 28, 30.
[^6]: en persisk mynt.
OTB
Prestene, levittene, musikerne, portvaktene og tempeltjenerne bosatte seg i sine egne byer, sammen med noen av de andre folkene, mens resten av israelittene bosatte seg i sine byer.
B1930
Både prestene og levittene og nogen av det menige folk og sangerne og dørvokterne og tempeltjenerne bosatte sig i sine byer, og hele Israel ellers bodde i sine byer.

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  • 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 settled in their towns.

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  • Nehemiah 11:3–36

    These 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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  • 1 Chronicles 11:2

    Even 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.’”

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:2

    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

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  • Ezra 6:16–17

    Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

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