The Meaning of Ezra 2:70 Explained

Ezra 2:70

KJV: 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.

YLT: And the priests dwell, and the Levites, and of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, in their cities; even all Israel in their cities.

Darby: And the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

ASV: So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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What is the context of Ezra 2:70?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Ezra 2:70 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezra 2:61-70 - The Building Of The Altar

Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded their national registers. Each of us should be able to establish his descent and to vindicate his claim to be considered a child of God, a joint-heir with Christ, a partaker in the inheritance which God has promised to them that love Him. If you cannot establish your sonship, you may doubt your right to the spiritual blessings which are a part of the family estates. This is clearly illustrated by the prohibition issued against the eating of the most holy things by the priests whose names were not found in the register. They must wait till the Urim and Thummin attested that they were Israelites indeed. What that witness was in these olden days, the testimony of the Holy Spirit is within us. He witnesses with our spirit that we are born of God.

The first act of the restored Jews was to set up the House of God. For this they gave willingly, and after their ability. The altar was the center of their religion. So the Cross of Jesus is the center of our life and worship, reminding us of His work for us in justification, or His claims in sanctification. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezra 2

¹ The number that return of the people
³⁶ of the priests
⁴⁰ of the Levites
⁴³ of the Nethinims
⁵⁵ of Solomon's servants
⁶¹ of the priests who could not show their pedigree
⁶⁴ The whole number of them, with their substance
⁶⁸ Their offerings

What do the individual words in Ezra 2:70 mean?

So dwelt the priests and the Levites and [some] of the people and the singers and the gatekeepers and the Nethinim in their cities and all Israel in their cities -

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם וּֽמִן־ הָעָ֞ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛ים וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם ס

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ	So dwelt
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים	the priests
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: כֹּהֵן Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם	and the Levites
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural Root: לֵוִי Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וּֽמִן־	and [some]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הָעָ֞ם	of the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים	and the singers
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural Root: שִׁיר Sense: to sing.
וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛ים	and the gatekeepers
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: שֹׁועֵר Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים	and the Nethinim
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: נְתוּנִים Sense: Nethinims.
בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם	in their cities
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
וְכָל־	and all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם	in their cities
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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