Ezra 8:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.”

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BSBPD

“They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and from the Nethinim, whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them defined by name.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezra 8:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 3:9Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
  2. 1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
  3. Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
  4. Ezra 7:7So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
  5. Ezra 8:17And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
  6. Philippians 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

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