Neh 7:73 | HCSB | STEP | So the priests , Levites , gatekeepers , temple singers , some of the people , temple servants , and all Israel settled in their towns . When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns ,

Nehemiah 7:73

73 So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. ^{▼▼The second half of v. 73 is better understood when placed with 8:1.
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Public Reading of the Law

When the seventh month ^c came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,