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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Nethinims

Temple servants, probably war captives to begin with, given the heavy work around the Levites. Groups of them come back from Babylon in the return lists.

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Temple servants, probably war captives to begin with, given the heavy work around the Levites. Groups of them come back from Babylon in the return lists.

Who this is

The Nethinim were temple servants, likely originally war captives, assigned to assist the Levites with menial temple labor, and groups of them are listed among those who returned from Babylonian exile to serve at the rebuilt temple.

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The word

H5411

Where it appears
  • 1 Chronicles 9:2
  • Ezra 2:43
  • Ezra 2:58
  • Ezra 2:70
  • Ezra 7:7
  • Ezra 8:17
  • Ezra 8:20
  • Nehemiah 3:26
  • Nehemiah 3:31
  • Nehemiah 7:46
  • Nehemiah 7:60
  • Nehemiah 7:73
  • Nehemiah 10:28
  • Nehemiah 11:3
  • Nehemiah 11:21

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