⁷³ So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.^[a](A)

Public Reading of the Law

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

²⁰ The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.^(A)