Nehemiah 7:73

73 So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.^[a]

Nehemiah 7:73 Meaning and Commentary

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
The same is said in ( Ezra 2:70 ) , (See Gill on Ezra 2:70),

and, when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their
cities;
the month Tisri, answering to part of September, in which month was the feast of tabernacles; at this time of the year they were in their cities when they came forth out of Babylon, and so they were now; see ( Ezra 3:1 ) .

Nehemiah 7:73 In-Context

71 Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.

72 The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.

73 So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.

Footnotes

• [a]. Jos 21; 1 Ch 9:2