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Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 of Fountain Gate, in front of them, they went up
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Melichu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; of the stairs of the City of David, on the stairway
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Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; of Iddo, of the wall, beyond the house of David, as far
Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; of as the Water Gate eastward.
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Abijah, Zichri; the son of Minjamin; of Moadiah, 38 The other thanksgiving choir went the
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Piltai; of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, opposite way, and I was behind them with half of
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Jehonathan; of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, the people on the wall, going past the Tower of
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Uzzi; of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall, and above
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Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel. the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate,
22 During the reign of Darius the Persian, a above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel,
record was also kept of the Levites and priests the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep
who had been heads of their fathers’ houses in Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the
the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Prison.
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Jaddua. The sons of Levi, the heads of the 40 So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in
fathers’ houses until the days of Johanan the son the house of God, likewise I and the half of the
of Eliashib, were written in the book of the rulers with me; and the priests, Eliakim,
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chronicles. Maaseiah, Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zech-
24 And the heads of the Levites were ariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; also
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Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan,
Kadmiel, with their brothers across from Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang
them, to praise and give thanks, group alter- loudly with Jezrahiah the director.
nating with group, according to the command 43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices,
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of David the man of God. Mattaniah, Bak- and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice
bukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and with great joy; the women and the children also
Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard
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the storerooms of the gates. These lived in afar off.
the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son 44 And at the same time some were appoint-
of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ed over the rooms of the storehouse for the
governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. offerings, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to
27 Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusa- gather into them from the fields of the cities
lem they sought out the Levites in all their the portions specified by the Law for the
places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over
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the dedication with gladness, both with the priests and Levites who ministered. Both
thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and the singers and the gatekeepers kept the
stringed instruments and harps. And the charge of their God and the charge of the
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sons of the singers gathered together from purification, according to the command of
the countryside around Jerusalem, from the David and Solomon his son. For in the days of
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villages of the Netophathites, from the house David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the
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of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving
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Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves to God. In the days of Zerubbabel and in the
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villages all around Jerusalem. Then the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions
priests and Levites purified themselves, and for the singers and the gatekeepers, a por-
purified the people, the gates, and the wall. tion for each day. They also consecrated holy
31 So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the things for the Levites, and the Levites conse-
wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving crated them for the children of Aaron.
choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall On that day they read from the Book of
toward the Refuse Gate. After them went 13 Moses in the hearing of the people, and
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Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah, in it was found written that no Ammonite or
33 and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Ben- Moabite should ever come into the assembly
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jamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, and some of the of God, because they had not met the chil-
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priests’ sons with trumpets—Zechariah the dren of Israel with bread and water, but hired
son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son Balaam against them to curse them. However,
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of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of our God turned the curse into a blessing. So
Zaccur, the son of Asaph, and his brethren, it was, when they had heard the Law, that they
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Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical 4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, having
instruments of David the man of God. And authority over the storerooms of the house of
Ezra the scribe went before them. By the our God, was allied with Tobiah. And he had
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