1 Chronicles 9:2 - Easy To Read Version2 The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and servants that work in the temple. {\cf2\super [85]} Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 Now the first [of the returned exiles] to dwell again in their possessions in the cities of Israel were the priests, Levites, and the Nethinim [the temple servants]. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible2 The first to resettle their property in their towns were the Israelite people, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version2 Now the first who lived in their possessions and in their cities were Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, and the temple servants. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version2 Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans. Féach an chaibidil |
Now the leaders of the people of Israel moved into the city of Jerusalem. The other people of Israel had to decide who else would move into the city. So they threw lots, {\cf2\super [68]} and one out of every ten people had to live in Jerusalem, the holy city. The other nine people could live in their own home towns.
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.