Nehemiah 12

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Verse 1

These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua:

Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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Verse 2

Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,

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Verse 3

Shekaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

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Verse 4

Iddo, Ginnethon,^[a] Abijah,

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Verse 5

Mijamin,^[b] Moadiah, Bilgah,

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Verse 6

Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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Verse 7

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah.

These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Joshua.

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Verse 8

The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah, who, together with his associates, was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

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Verse 9

Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them in the services.

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Verse 10

Joshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,

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Verse 11

Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.

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Verse 12

In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families:

of Seraiah’s family, Meraiah;

of Jeremiah’s, Hananiah;

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Verse 13

of Ezra’s, Meshullam;

of Amariah’s, Jehohanan;

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Verse 14

of Malluk’s, Jonathan;

of Shekaniah’s,^[c] Joseph;

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Verse 15

of Harim’s, Adna;

of Meremoth’s,^[d] Helkai;

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Verse 16

of Iddo’s, Zechariah;

of Ginnethon’s, Meshullam;

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Verse 17

of Abijah’s, Zikri;

of Miniamin’s and of Moadiah’s, Piltai;

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Verse 18

of Bilgah’s, Shammua;

of Shemaiah’s, Jehonathan;

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Verse 19

of Joiarib’s, Mattenai;

of Jedaiah’s, Uzzi;

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Verse 20

of Sallu’s, Kallai;

of Amok’s, Eber;

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Verse 21

of Hilkiah’s, Hashabiah;

of Jedaiah’s, Nethanel.

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Verse 22

The family heads of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, as well as those of the priests, were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian.

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Verse 23

The family heads among the descendants of Levi up to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the book of the annals.

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Verse 24

And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

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Verse 25

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

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Verse 26

They served in the days of Joiakim son of Joshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law.

Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem

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Verse 27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres.

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Verse 28

The musicians also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem—from the villages of the Netophathites,

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Verse 29

from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the musicians had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

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Verse 30

When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.

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Verse 31

I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of^[e] the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of^[f] the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.

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Verse 32

Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,

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Verse 33

along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

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Verse 34

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

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Verse 35

as well as some priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph,

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Verse 36

and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani—with musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the teacher of the Law led the procession.

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Verse 37

At the Fountain Gate they continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the site of David’s palace to the Water Gate on the east.

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Verse 38

The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of^[g] the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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Verse 39

over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah^[h] Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

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Verse 40

The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials,

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Verse 41

as well as the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah with their trumpets—

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Verse 42

and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam and Ezer. The choirs sang under the direction of Jezrahiah.

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Verse 43

And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

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Verse 44

At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites.

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Verse 45

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did also the musicians and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon.

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Verse 46

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the musicians and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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Verse 47

So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the musicians and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

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