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Nehemiah
Chapter 12
1
Now these are the priests and the Levites
who
went up with Zerubbabel,
the
son of Shealtiel and Jeshua:
Seraiah,
Jeremiah, Ezra, 2
Amariah,
Malluch, Hattush, 3
Shechaniah,
Rehum, Meremoth, 4
Iddo,
Ginnetho, Abijah, 5
Miamin,
Maadiah, Bilgah, 6
Shemaiah,
and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7
Sallu,
Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.
These
were the chief of the priests
and
of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8
Moreover the Levites:
Jeshua,
Binnui,
Kadmiel,
Sherebiah,
Judah,
and
Mattaniah,
who
was over the thanksgiving . . .
he
and his brethren. 9
Also
Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren,
were
over against them in the watches. 10
And
Jeshua begat Joiakim,
Joiakim
also begat Eliashib,
and
Eliashib begat Joiada, 11
and
Joiada begat Jonathan,
and
Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12
And in the days of Joiakim were priests,
the
chief of the fathers:
of
Seraiah:
Meraiah.
Of
Jeremiah:
Hananiah.
13
Of
Ezra:
Meshullam.
Of
Amariah:
Jehohanan.
14
Of
Melicu:
Jonathan.
Of
Shebaniah:
Joseph.
15
Of
Harim:
Adna.
Of
Meraioth:
Helkai.
16
Of
Iddo:
Zechariah.
Of
Ginnethon:
Meshullam.
17
Of
Abijah:
Zichri.
Of
Miniamin:
{no one listed}
Of
Moadiah:
Piltai.
18
Of
Bilgah:
Shammua.
Of
Shemaiah:
Jehonathan.
19
And
of Joiarib:
Mattenai.
Of
Jedaiah:
Uzzi.
20
Of
Sallai:
Kallai.
Of
Amok:
Eber.
21
Of
Hilkiah:
Hashabiah.
Of
Jedaiah:
Nethaneel.
22
The Levites in the days of Eliashib,
Joiada,
and Johanan, and Jaddua,
were
recorded chief of the fathers.
Also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
23
The sons of Levi,
the
chief of the fathers,
were
written in the book of the Chronicles,
even
until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24
And the chief of the Levites:
Hashabiah,
Sherebiah,
and
Jeshua,
the
son of Kadmiel,
with
their brethren over against them,
to
praise and to give thanks,
according
to the commandment of David . . .
the
man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
observances
over against observances.
25
Mattaniah,
and
Bakbukiah,
Obadiah,
Meshullam,
Talmon,
Akkub,
were
porters keeping the observances
at
the thresholds of the gates.
26
These were 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.
27
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
they
sought the Levites out of all their places,
to
bring them to Jerusalem,
to
keep the dedication with gladness,
both
with thanksgivings,
and
with singing,
with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
28
And the sons of the singers
gathered
themselves together,
both
out of the plain country round about Jerusalem,
and
from the villages of Netophathi.
29
Also from the house of Gilgal,
and
out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth . . .
for
the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.
30
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,
and
purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall,
and
appointed two great companies of those who gave thanks,
whereof
one went on the right hand upon the wall
toward
the dung gate.
32
And after them went Hoshaiah,
and
half of the princes of Judah, 33
and
Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34
Judah,
and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35
and
certain of the priests' sons with trumpets . . .
namely,
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 36
and
his brethren,
Shemaiah,
and
Azarael,
Milalai,
Gilalai,
Maai,
Nethaneel,
and
Judah,
Hanani,
with
the musical instruments of David,
the
man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
Ezra, the scribe, before them 37
and
at the fountain gate,
which
was over against them,
they
went up by the stairs of the city of David,
at
the going up of the wall,
above
the house of David,
even
unto the water gate eastward.
38
And the other company of those who gave thanks
went
over against them,
and
I after them,
and
the half of the people upon the wall,
from
beyond the tower of the furnaces
even
unto the broad wall 39
and
from above the gate of Ephraim,
and
above the old gate,
and
above the fish gate,
and
the tower of Hananeel,
and
the tower of Meah,
even
unto the sheep gate.
And they stood still in the prison gate.
40
So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks
in
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
I, and the half of the rulers with me.
41
And the priests:
Eliakim,
Maaseiah,
Miniamin,
Michaiah,
Elioenai,
Zechariah,
and
Hananiah,
with
trumpets; 42
and
Maaseiah,
and
Shemaiah,
and
Eleazar,
and
Uzzi,
and
Jehohanan,
and
Malchijah,
and
Elam,
and
Ezer.
And
the singers sang loud,
with
Jezrahiah their overseer.
43
Also that day they offered great sacrifices,
and
rejoiced . . .
for
'Elohiym/Godhead had made them rejoice with great joy.
The
wives also and the children rejoiced
so
that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44
And at that time were some appointed
over
the chambers for the treasures,
for
the offerings,
for
the firstfruits,
and
for the tithes,
to
gather into them out of the fields of the cities
the
portions of the law for the priests and Levites . . .
for
Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.
45
And both the singers and the porters
kept
the observances of their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
the observances of the purification,
according
to the commandment of David,
and
of Solomon his son.
46
For in the days of David
and
Asaph of old
there
were chief of the singers,
and
songs of praise and thanksgiving unto 'Elohiym/Godhead.
47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel,
and
in the days of Nehemiah,
gave
the portions of the singers and the porters,
every
day his portion.
And they sanctified holy things unto the Levites.
And the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
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