18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

19 And the porters Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the [a]gates, were an hundred twenty and two.

20 And the [b]residue of Israel, of the Priests, and of the Levites dwelt in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:19 Meaning, of the Temple.
  2. Nehemiah 11:20 Of them, which dwelt not in Jerusalem.

18 The Levites in the holy city(A) totaled 284.

19 The gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

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

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