Nehemiah 11:18

18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

Nehemiah 11:18 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:18

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore
and four.
Who had their residence there, ( Nehemiah 11:1 ) .

Nehemiah 11:18 In-Context

16 and Shabbetai and Yozavad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;
17 and Mattanyah the son of Mikha, the son of Zavdi, the son of Asaf, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukyah, the second among his brothers; and `Avda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Yedutun.
18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
19 Moreover the porters, `Akkuv, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
20 The residue of Yisra'el, of the Kohanim, the Levites, were in all the cities of Yehudah, everyone in his inheritance.
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