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Nehemiah 12:27-43

12:27

And at the dedication
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of the wall
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of Jerusalem
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they sought
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the Levites
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out of all their places
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to bring
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them to Jerusalem
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to keep
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the dedication
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with gladness
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both with thanksgivings
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and with singing
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[with] cymbals
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psalteries
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and with harps
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12:28

And the sons
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of the singers
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gathered themselves together
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both out of the plain country
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round about
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Jerusalem
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and from the villages
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of Netophathi
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12:29

Also from the house
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of Gilgal
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and out of the fields
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of Geba
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and Azmaveth
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for the singers
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had builded
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them villages
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round about
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Jerusalem
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12:30

And the priests
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and the Levites
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purified
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themselves, and purified
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the people
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and the gates
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and the wall
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12:31

Then I brought up
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the princes
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of Judah
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upon the wall
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and appointed
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two
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great
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[companies of them that gave] thanks
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[whereof one] went
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on the right hand
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upon the wall
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toward the dung
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gate
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12:32

And after
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them went
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Hoshaiah
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and half
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of the princes
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of Judah
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12:33

And Azariah
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Ezra
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and Meshullam
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12:34

Judah
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and Benjamin
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and Shemaiah
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and Jeremiah
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12:35

And [certain] of the priests
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sons
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with trumpets
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[namely], Zechariah
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the son
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of Jonathan
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the son
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of Shemaiah
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the son
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of Mattaniah
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the son
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of Michaiah
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the son
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of Zaccur
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the son
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of Asaph
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12:36

And his brethren
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Shemaiah
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and Azarael
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Milalai
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Gilalai
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Maai
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Nethaneel
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and Judah
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Hanani
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with the musical
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instruments
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of David
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the man
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of God
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and Ezra
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the scribe
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before
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them.

12:37

And at the fountain
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gate
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which was over against them, they went up
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by the stairs
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of the city
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of David
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at the going up
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of the wall
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above the house
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of David
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even unto the water
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gate
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eastward
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12:38

And the other
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[company of them that gave] thanks
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went
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over against
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[them], and I after
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them, and the half
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of the people
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upon the wall
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from beyond the tower
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of the furnaces
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even unto the broad
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wall
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12:39

And from above the gate
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of Ephraim
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and above the old
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gate
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and above the fish
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gate
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and the tower
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of Hananeel
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and the tower
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of Meah
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even unto the sheep
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gate
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and they stood still
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in the prison
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gate
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12:40

So stood
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the two
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[companies of them that gave] thanks
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in the house
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of God
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and I, and the half
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of the rulers
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with me:

12:41

And the priests
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Eliakim
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Maaseiah
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Miniamin
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Michaiah
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Elioenai
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Zechariah
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[and] Hananiah
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with trumpets
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12:42

And Maaseiah
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and Shemaiah
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and Eleazar
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and Uzzi
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and Jehohanan
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and Malchijah
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and Elam
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and Ezer
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And the singers
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sang loud
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with Jezrahiah
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[their] overseer
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{sang...: Heb. made their voice to be heard}

12:43

Also that day
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they offered
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great
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sacrifices
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and rejoiced
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for God
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had made them rejoice
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with great
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joy
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the wives
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also and the children
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rejoiced
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so that the joy
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of Jerusalem
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was heard
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even afar off
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