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Ezra 2:70 KJV
Ezra · chapter 2 · verse 70
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.Ezra 2:70 · King James Version
Ezra 2:70 in context
68And 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:
69They 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.
70So 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NethinimsNâthîynthe Nethinim, or Temple-servantsH5411 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- singersshîyrto singH7891 →
- portersshôwʻêra janitorH7778 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
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Here is, I. The sum total of the company that returned out of Babylon. The particular sums before mentioned amount not quite to 30,000 (29,818), so that there were above 12,000 that come out into any of those accounts, who, it is probable, were of the rest of the tribes of Israel, besides Judah and Benjamin, that…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 64-70