Ezra 2:70

70 ¹Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel^[a] in their towns.

Ezra 2:70 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 2:70

So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and
the singers, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities
Which were assigned to them out of the several tribes, and in which they or their forefathers had dwelt before the captivity:

and all Israel in their cities;
as those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, so of the other ten, as many as returned and joined those who were left in the land.

Ezra 2:70 In-Context

68 Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.

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

70 Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel in their towns.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 7:73

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew all Israel