Nehemiah 12

1Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

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3Shechaniah,

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4Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

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5Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who led the thanksgiving psalms, he and his brothers.

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6Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood across from them in their duties.

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7Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,

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8Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

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9Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of the fathers' houses, were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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10of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan

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11of Melichu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph

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12of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai

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13of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam

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14of Abijah, Zichri, the son of Minjamin; of Moadiah, Piltai

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15of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan

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16of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi

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17of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber

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18of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

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19The Levites in the days of Eliasib, Joida, Jaddusa and Joanan, and Idua, were being recorded as heads of families, even those priests within the kingdom of Darius of Persia.

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20The sons of Levi, heads of the families until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib, were written in the Book of the Chronicles.

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21And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel. With their brothers across from them, they offered praise and gave thanks, each group alternating with the other, according to the command of David the man of God.

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22Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates.

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23These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

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24Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites in all their places in order to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and singing, and with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps.

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25And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

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26from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth. For the singers had built villages for themselves all around Jerusalem.

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27The priests and Levites purified themselves, and then purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

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28So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the Refuse Gate.

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29After them went Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah,

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30and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

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31Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

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32and some of the priests' sons with trumpets—Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

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33and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe went before them.

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34By the Fountain Gate, in front of them, they went up the stairs of the City of David, on the stairway of the wall, beyond the house of David as far as the Water Gate eastward.

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35The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,

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36and above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.

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37So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;

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38and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

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39also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loudly with Jezrahiah the director.

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40Also that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

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41And at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the offerings, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who ministered.

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42Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification according to the command of David and Solomon his son.

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43For in the days of David and Asaph of old, there were chiefs of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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44In the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel gave portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for each day. They also consecrated holy things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the children of Aaron.

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