Discovery BoxNehemiah 7:73 
Context7:73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.
The People Respond to the Reading of the Law
When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites 1 were settled in their cities, 2
Nehemiah 13:10
Context13:10 I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.
1 tn Heb “the sons of Israel.” So also in vv. 14, 17; 9:1.
2 tn The traditional understanding of the chapter and verse division here is probably incorrect. The final part of v. 73 is best understood as belonging with 8:1.
