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Priests and Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel |
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| Nehemiah 12:1 |
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Now 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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| Nehemiah 12:2 |
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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, |
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| Nehemiah 12:3 |
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Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, |
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| Nehemiah 12:4 |
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Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, |
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| Nehemiah 12:5 |
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Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, |
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| Nehemiah 12:6 |
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Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah, |
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| Nehemiah 12:7 |
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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were
the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua. |
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| Nehemiah 12:8 |
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The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
Judah, and Mattaniah who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his
brothers. |
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| Nehemiah 12:9 |
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Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood
opposite them in their service divisions. |
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| Nehemiah 12:10 |
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Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim
became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, |
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| Nehemiah 12:11 |
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and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and
Jonathan became the father of Jaddua. |
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| Nehemiah 12:12 |
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Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the
heads of fathers' households were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; |
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| Nehemiah 12:13 |
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of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; |
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| Nehemiah 12:14 |
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of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
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| Nehemiah 12:15 |
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of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; |
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| Nehemiah 12:16 |
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of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; |
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| Nehemiah 12:17 |
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of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah,
Piltai; |
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| Nehemiah 12:18 |
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of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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| Nehemiah 12:19 |
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of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; |
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| Nehemiah 12:20 |
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of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; |
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| Nehemiah 12:21 |
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of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. |
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The Chief Levites |
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| Nehemiah 12:22 |
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As for the Levites, the heads of fathers' households
were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua; so were
the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. |
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| Nehemiah 12:23 |
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The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' households,
were registered in the Book of the Chronicles up to the days of Johanan the son
of Eliashib. |
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| Nehemiah 12:24 |
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The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah
and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and
give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to
division. |
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| Nehemiah 12:25 |
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Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon
and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates. |
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| Nehemiah 12:26 |
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These served 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 and scribe. |
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Dedication of the Wall |
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| Nehemiah 12:27 |
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Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem
so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving
and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres. |
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| Nehemiah 12:28 |
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So the sons of the singers were assembled from
the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites, |
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| Nehemiah 12:29 |
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from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba
and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem. |
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| Nehemiah 12:30 |
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The priests and the Levites purified themselves;
they also purified the people, the gates and the wall. |
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Procedures for the Temple |
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| Nehemiah 12:31 |
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Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top
of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right
on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate. |
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| Nehemiah 12:32 |
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Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed
them, |
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| Nehemiah 12:33 |
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with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, |
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| Nehemiah 12:34 |
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Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, |
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| Nehemiah 12:35 |
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and some of the sons of the priests with trumpets;
and Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,
the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, |
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| Nehemiah 12:36 |
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and his kinsmen, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai,
Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David
the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them. |
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| Nehemiah 12:37 |
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At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the
steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above the house of David
to the Water Gate on the east. |
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| Nehemiah 12:38 |
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The second choir proceeded to the left, while
I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of Furnaces,
to the Broad Wall, |
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| Nehemiah 12:39 |
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and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate,
by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as
the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. |
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| Nehemiah 12:40 |
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Then the two choirs took their stand in the
house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me; |
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| Nehemiah 12:41 |
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and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah, with the trumpets; |
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| Nehemiah 12:42 |
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and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan,
Malchijah, Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah their leader, |
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| Nehemiah 12:43 |
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and on that day they offered great sacrifices
and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children
rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. |
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| Nehemiah 12:44 |
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On that day men were also appointed over the
chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to
gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law
for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who
served. |
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| Nehemiah 12:45 |
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For they performed the worship of their God
and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers
in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon. |
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| Nehemiah 12:46 |
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For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient
times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving
to God. |
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| Nehemiah 12:47 |
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So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and
Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required,
and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart
the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron. |
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