Nehemiah 12

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  1. 1These are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
  2. 2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
  3. 3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
  4. 4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
  5. 5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
  6. 6Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
  7. 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
  8. 8The Levites were: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
  9. 9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in the watches.
  10. 10Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada.
  11. 11Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
  12. 12In the days of Joiakim, the priests who were heads of the fathers' families were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
  13. 13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
  14. 14of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
  15. 15of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
  16. 16of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
  17. 17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
  18. 18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
  19. 19of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
  20. 20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  21. 21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
  22. 22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were recorded as heads of the fathers' families, as were the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
  23. 23The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers' families, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.
  24. 24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brothers facing them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, group opposite group.
  25. 25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the thresholds of the gates.
  26. 26These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
  27. 27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they gathered the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem. They celebrated the dedication with gladness, thanksgiving, singing, cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps.
  28. 28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both from the plain country around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,
  29. 29also from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
  30. 30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
  31. 31Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One went to the right along the wall toward the Dung Gate.
  32. 32And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,
  33. 33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
  34. 34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
  35. 35and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: namely, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,
  36. 36and his brothers Shemaiah, Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
  37. 37At the Fountain Gate, which was opposite them, they went up the stairs of the city of David, ascending the wall above the house of David, and continued to the Water Gate on the east.
  38. 38The other group that gave thanks went in the opposite direction, and I followed them. Half of the people were on the wall, from beyond the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall.
  39. 39and from above the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananeel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate. And they stood still at the Prison Gate.
  40. 40So the two companies that gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me,
  41. 41and the priests: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
  42. 42and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  43. 43Also that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy. The wives also and the children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far off.
  44. 44At that time, some were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, offerings, firstfruits, and tithes, to gather from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites. Judah rejoiced for the priests and Levites who served.
  45. 45And both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
  46. 46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
  47. 47In the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel gave the portions to the singers and gatekeepers, each day his portion. They sanctified holy things for the Levites, and the Levites sanctified them for the sons of Aaron.
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