Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And the first people in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.

New American Standard Bible

Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

International Standard Version

The first to settle on their own property in their own towns of Israel were priests, descendants of Levi, and the Temple Servants.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Now the first [of the returned exiles] who lived [again] in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim (temple servants).

Bible in Basic English

Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Darby Translation

And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Julia Smith Translation

And the first inhabitants which were in their possession in their cities, Israel the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinims.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the first inhabitants who [were settled] on their property in their cities [in] Israel [were] the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.

NET Bible

The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

New Heart English Bible

Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the first inhabitants, who are in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, are the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now the first
ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

אחזּה 
'achuzzah 
Usage: 66

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

the priests
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

לוי לויּי 
Leviyiy 
Usage: 283

Context Readings

Exiles Who Resettled In Jerusalem

1 So all Israel enrolled themselves. And behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was exiled to Babylon for their sins. 2 And the first people in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves. 3 And in Jerusalem lived of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the sons of Ephraim, and Manasseh:

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:73

And the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple slaves, and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.

Ezra 2:43

The temple-slaves: The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

Ezra 2:58

All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants three hundred and ninety-two.

Ezra 2:70

And the priests, and the Levites, and many of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple slaves, lived in their cities. And all Israel in their cities.

Ezra 8:20

also of the temple slaves whom David and the rulers had chosen for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple slaves. All of them were called by name.

Nehemiah 7:60

All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.

Joshua 9:21-27

And the rulers said to them, Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.

Nehemiah 11:3-22

And these are the rulers of the province who lived in Jerusalem. But in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants.

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