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Ezra 2:70

68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

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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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, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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  • Nehemiah 11:3–36

    Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:2

    And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:2

    Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

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  • Ezra 6:16–17

    And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

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