Nehemiah 7 · Verse 73

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; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Nehemiah 7:73, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:73 in other translations

BSBSo the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
WEBSo the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
ASVSo the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
YLTAnd they dwell--the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel--in their cities, and the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel are in their cities.
DARBYAnd the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities,
BBESo the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.
WebsterSo 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; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

What does Nehemiah 7:73 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
73. So ... all Israel, dwelt in their cities--The utility of these genealogical registers was thus found in guiding to a knowledge of the cities and localities in each tribe to which every family anciently belonged.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 73 All Israel, dwelt in their cities - It was in reference to this particularly that the public registers were examined; for by them they found the different families, and consequently the cities, villages, etc., which belonged to them, according to the ancient division of the lands. It seems that the examination of the registers occupied about a month; for as soon as the walls were finished, which was in the sixth month, (Elul), Neh 6:15, Nehemiah instituted the examination mentioned in this chapter, Neh 7:5; and by the concluding verse we find that the different families had got into their paternal cities in the seventh month, Tisri, answering to a part of our September and October. Thus the register determined every thing: there was no room for complaint, and none to accuse the governor of partiality.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 7:5-73

Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy…

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Nehemiah 7:73 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they dweltH3427
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וְהַלְוִיִּ֡םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881
וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים֩ve.ha.sho.'a.Rimand the gatekeepersH7778
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֨יםve.ham.sho.re.Rimand the singersH7891
וּמִן\־u.min-and some ofH4480
הָעָ֧םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וְהַנְּתִינִ֛יםve.ha.ne.ti.Nimand the temple servantsH5411
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.rei.Hemin own cities theirH5892
וַיִּגַּע֙vai.yi.Ga'and it arrivedH5060
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁha.Cho.deshthe monthH2320
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637
וּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.Neiand [the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם\׃be.'a.rei.Hem[were] in cities theirH5892

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:73

  • Ezra 2:70-3:1

    So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all Israel.It was for the purpose of ascertaining the different families, and consequently the different cities, villages, etc., which belonged to them, according to the ancient division of the land, that the public registers were examined.
when the seventh.
Ezr 2:70; 3:1

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:72

    And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.

  • 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; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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Nehemiah 7:73 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y habitaron los sacerdotes y los Levitas, y los porteros, y los cantores, y los del pueblo, y los Nethineos, y todo Israel, en sus ciudades. Y venido el mes séptimo, los hijos de Israel estaban en sus ciudades.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Priester und die Leviten und die Torhüter und die Sänger und die aus dem Volke und die Nethinim und ganz Israel wohnten in ihren Städten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Habitaverunt autem sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et janitores, et cantores, et reliquum vulgus, et Nathinæi, et omnis Israël, in civitatibus suis.