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Nehemiah 12:27-47

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
<03389>_.

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
<08179>_:

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
<03063>_,

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
<01121>

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
<01121>

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
<02346>_;

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
<08179>_,

and above the fish
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gate
<08179>_,

and the tower
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of Hananeel
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and the tower
<04026>

of Meah
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even unto the sheep
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gate
<08179>_:

and they stood still
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in the prison
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gate
<08179>_.

12:40

So stood
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the two
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[companies of them that gave] thanks
<08426>

in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

and I, and the half
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of the rulers
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with me:

12:41

And the priests
<03548>_;

Eliakim
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Maaseiah
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Miniamin
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Michaiah
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Elioenai
<0454>_,

Zechariah
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[and] Hananiah
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with trumpets
<02689>_;

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
<08055> (8799)_:

for God
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had made them rejoice
<08055> (8765)

with great
<01419>

joy
<08057>_:

the wives
<0802>

also and the children
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rejoiced
<08055> (8804)_:

so that the joy
<08057>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

was heard
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even afar off
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12:44

And at that time
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were some
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appointed
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over the chambers
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for the treasures
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for the offerings
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for the firstfruits
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and for the tithes
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to gather
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into them out of the fields
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of the cities
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the portions
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of the law
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for the priests
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and Levites
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for Judah
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rejoiced
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for the priests
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and for the Levites
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that waited
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{of the law: that is, appointed by the law} {for Judah...: Heb. for the joy of Judah} {waited: Heb. stood}

12:45

And both the singers
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and the porters
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kept
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the ward
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of their God
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and the ward
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of the purification
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according to the commandment
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of David
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[and] of Solomon
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his son
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12:46

For in the days
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of David
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and Asaph
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of old
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[there were] chief
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of the singers
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and songs
<07892>

of praise
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and thanksgiving
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unto God
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12:47

And all Israel
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in the days
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of Zerubbabel
<02216>_,

and in the days
<03117>

of Nehemiah
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gave
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the portions
<04521>

of the singers
<07891> (8789)

and the porters
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every day
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his portion
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and they sanctified
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[holy things] unto the Levites
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and the Levites
<03881>

sanctified
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[them] unto the children
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of Aaron
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{sanctified: that is, set apart}