Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Cross-references
Nehemiah 10:28 lists the same groups—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers—who later enter a covenant, reinforcing their identity in Nehemiah 7:73.
Nehemiah 11:3 continues the settlement list, specifying those who lived in Jerusalem—a direct sequel to the general settlement in Nehemiah 7:73.
Ezra 2:70 records the same settlement of priests, Levites, and people in their cities, nearly identical to this verse.
Ezra 3:1 continues from this same point—the seventh month—describing the people gathering in Jerusalem.
Numbers 29:1 specifies the Feast of Trumpets on the first day of the seventh month, explaining why the seventh month's arrival in Nehemiah 7:73 is significant.
1 Chronicles 9:2 lists the first post-exilic settlers—priests, Levites, temple servants—paralleling the groups in Nehemiah 7:73 who settled in towns.