The first to settle on their property in their towns were Israelites, kohanim, Levites and the Temple servants.
Ezra 2:43 - Tree of Life Version The Temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Nethinim [the temple servants]: the sons of Ziba, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, American Standard Version (1901) The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Catholic Public Domain Version The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Nathinites: The children of Siha, the children of Tabbaoth, |
The first to settle on their property in their towns were Israelites, kohanim, Levites and the Temple servants.
The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai—in all 139
Some of Bnei-Yisrael and some of the kohanim, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the sanctuary servants also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
I sent them to Iddo, the leader at the place Casiphia. I put words in their mouths to speak to Iddo and his brother, who were sanctuary servants at Casiphia, in order to bring us ministers for the House of our God.
Also from the sanctuary servants, whom David and his officials had given for the work of the Levites, 220 sanctuary servants, all of them designated by name.
But the Temple servants dwelt on the Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over the Temple servants.
These are the leaders of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (Some of Israel, the kohanim, the Levites, the Temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants dwelt in the towns of Judah, each on his own property in their towns,
and the Temple servants living on the Ophel made repairs up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
You are to give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. Out of Bnei-Yisrael they are dedicated entirely to him.