Nehemiah 11:3

Easy To Read Version

Here are the leaders of the provinces that lived in Jerusalem. (Some of the people of Israel, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah. Each person lived on his own land in the different towns.

Cross References

Ezra 2:1

These are the people of the province that came back from captivity. In the past, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took these people as prisoners to Babylon. These people came back to Jerusalem and Judah. Each person went back to his own town.

Ezra 2:43

These are the descendants of the special temple servants:

Ezra 2:70

So the priests, Levites, and some of the other people moved to Jerusalem and the area around it. This group included the \{temple\} singers, gatekeepers, and the temple servants. The other people of Israel settled in their own home towns.

Nehemiah 11:20

The other people of Israel, and the other priests and Levites, lived in all the towns of Judah. Each person lived on the land that his ancestors had owned.

Nehemiah 11:4

And other people from the families of Judah and Benjamin lived in the city of Jerusalem.)

Nehemiah 7:39

These are the priests:

Nehemiah 7:43

These are the people from the family group of Levi:

Nehemiah 7:46

These are the special temple servants:

Nehemiah 7:6

These are the people of the province that came back from captivity. In the past, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took these people as prisoners to Babylon. These people came back to Jerusalem and Judah. Each person went to his own town.

Nehemiah 7:7

These people returned with Zerubbabel {\cf2\super [23]} : Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the list of names and numbers of men from Israel that came back:

Nehemiah 7:73

So, the priests, the people from the family group of Levi, the gatekeepers, the singers, and the temple servants settled down in their own towns. And all the other people of Israel settled down in their own towns. And by the seventh month {\cf2\super [41]} of the year all the people of Israel had settled down in their own towns.