20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.
20 And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
20 The rest of the Israelites, priests, and Levites were in all the towns of Judah, each on his own family property.
20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
20 The other priests, Levites, and the rest of the Israelites lived wherever their family inheritance was located in any of the towns of Judah.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 11:20
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The distribution of the people.
In all ages, men have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, and not the things of Christ. Few have had such attachment to holy things and holy places, as to renounce pleasure for their sake. Yet surely, our souls should delight to dwell where holy persons and opportunities of spiritual improvement most abound. If we have not this love to the city of our God, and to every thing that assists our communion with the Saviour, how shall we be willing to depart hence; to be absent from the body, that we may be present with the Lord? To the carnal-minded, the perfect holiness of the New Jerusalem would be still harder to bear than the holiness of God's church on earth. Let us seek first the favour of God, and his glory; let us study to be patient, contented, and useful in our several stations, and wait, with cheerful hope, for admission into the holy city of God.