Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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 King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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 The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. 3 Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:73

When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their cities,

Ezra 2:43

The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

Ezra 2:58

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.

Ezra 2:70

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 lived in their towns.

Ezra 8:20

and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites -- 220 of them. They were all designated by name.

Nehemiah 7:60

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

Joshua 9:21-27

The leaders then added, "Let them live." So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.

Nehemiah 11:3-22

These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,

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