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Text -- Nehemiah 11:18-36 (NET)
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11:18 The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284 .
11:19 And the gatekeepers : Akkub , Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates – 172 .
11:20 And the rest of the Israelites , with the priests and the Levites , were in all the cities of Judah , each on his own property .
11:21 The temple attendants were living on Ophel , and Ziha and Gishpa were over them .
11:22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani , the son of Hashabiah , the son of Mattaniah , the son of Mica . He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God .
11:23 For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day .
11:24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel , one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah , was an adviser to the king in every matter pertaining to the people .
11:25 As for the settlements with their fields , some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages , in Dibon and its villages , in Jekabzeel and its settlements ,
11:26 in Jeshua , in Moladah , in Beth Pelet ,
11:27 in Hazar Shual , in Beer Sheba and its villages ,
11:28 in Ziklag , in Meconah and its villages ,
11:29 in En Rimmon , in Zorah , in Jarmuth ,
11:30 Zanoah , Adullam and their settlements , in Lachish and its fields , and in Azekah and its villages . So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom .
11:31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba , Micmash , Aija , Bethel and its villages ,
11:32 in Anathoth , Nob , and Ananiah ,
11:33 in Hazor , Ramah , and Gittaim ,
11:34 in Hadid , Zeboim , and Neballat ,
11:35 in Lod , Ono , and the Valley of the Craftsmen .
11:36 Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin .
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NET Notes: Neh 11:21 Heb “the temple attendants.” The pronoun “them” has been substituted in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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