⁷⁰ The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.^(A)

Ezra Reads the Law

When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,^(C)

³ These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns,^{(A) 4} while other people from both Judah and Benjamin^(B) lived in Jerusalem):^(C)

From the descendants of Judah:

⁷ From the descendants of Benjamin:

¹⁰ From the priests:

¹⁵ From the Levites:

¹⁹ The gatekeepers:

²⁰ The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.

²¹ The temple servants^(L) lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.

²² The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah,^(M) the son of Mika. Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of God. ²³ The musicians^(N) were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.

²⁴ Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah^(O) son of Judah, was the king’s agent in all affairs relating to the people.

²⁵ As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba^(P) and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon^(Q) and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages, ²⁶ in Jeshua, in Moladah,^(R) in Beth Pelet,^{(S) 27} in Hazar Shual,^(T) in Beersheba^(U) and its settlements, ²⁸ in Ziklag,^(V) in Mekonah and its settlements, ²⁹ in En Rimmon, in Zorah,^(W) in Jarmuth,^{(X) 30} Zanoah,^(Y) Adullam^(Z) and their villages, in Lachish^(AA) and its fields, and in Azekah^(AB) and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba^(AC) to the Valley of Hinnom.

³¹ The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba^(AD) lived in Mikmash,^(AE) Aija, Bethel^(AF) and its settlements, ³² in Anathoth,^(AG) Nob^(AH) and Ananiah, ³³ in Hazor,^(AI) Ramah^(AJ) and Gittaim,^{(AK) 34} in Hadid, Zeboim^(AL) and Neballat, ³⁵ in Lod and Ono,^(AM) and in Ge Harashim.

³⁶ Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

² In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.^(A) And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd^(B) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.^(C)’”

The People in Jerusalem^(A)

² Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns^(B) were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.^(C)

¹⁶ Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication^(A) of the house of God with joy. ¹⁷ For the dedication of this house of God they offered^(B) a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering^[a] for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.