Nehemiah 12
The Priests and
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Now these are the priests and the
Levites that went up with Zerub'babel the son of She-al'ti-el, and
Jesh'u-a: Serai'ah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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Amari'ah, Malluch, Hattush,
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Shechani'ah, Rehum, Mer'emoth,
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Iddo, Gin'netho, Abi'jah,
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Mi'amin, Ma-adi'ah, Bilgah,
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Shemai'ah, and Joi'arib,
Jedai'ah,
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Sallu, Amok, Hilki'ah, Jedai'ah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the
days of Jesh'u-a.
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Moreover the Levites: Jesh'u-a,
Bin'nu-i, Kad'mi-el, Sherebi'ah, Judah, and Mattani'ah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his
brethren.
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Also Bakbuki'ah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
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And Jesh'u-a begat Joi'akim, Joi'akim
also begat Eli'ashib, and Eli'ashib begat Joi'ada,
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and Joi'ada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan
begat Jad'du-a.
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And in the days of Joi'akim were
priests, the chief of the fathers: of Serai'ah, Merai'ah; of
Jeremiah, Hanani'ah;
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of Ezra, Meshul'lam; of Amari'ah,
Jeho'hanan;
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of Mel'icu, Jonathan; of Shebani'ah,
Joseph;
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of Harim, Adna; of Merai'oth,
Hel'kai;
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of Iddo, Zechari'ah; of Gin'nethon,
Meshul'lam;
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of Abi'jah, Zichri; of Mini-a'min, of
Moadi'ah, Pil'tai;
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of Bilgah, Shammu'a; of Shemai'ah,
Jehon'athan;
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and of Joi'arib, Mat'tenai; of Jedai'ah,
Uzzi;
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of Sal'lai, Kal'lai; of Amok,
Eber;
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of Hilki'ah, Hashabi'ah; of Jedai'ah,
Nethan'e-el.
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The Levites in the days of Eli'ashib,
Joi'ada, and Jo'hanan, and Jad'du-a, were recorded chief of
the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Dari'us the
Persian.
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The sons of Levi, the chief of the
fathers, were written in the book of the Chronicles, even
until the days of Jo'hanan the son of Eli'ashib.
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And the chief of the Levites: Hashabi'ah,
Sherebi'ah, and Jesh'u-a the son of Kad'mi-el, with their brethren
over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to
the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against
ward.
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Mattani'ah, and Bakbuki'ah, Obadi'ah,
Meshul'lam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at
the threshholds of the gates.
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These were in the days of Joi'akim
the son of Jesh'u-a, the son of Joz'adak, and in the days of
Nehemi'ah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the
scribe.
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The Dedication of the
Wall |
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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.
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And the sons of the singers gathered
themselves together, both out of the plain country round about
Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netoph'athi;
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also from the house of Gilgal, and out of
the fields of Geba and Azma'veth: for the singers had builded them
villages round about Jerusalem.
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And the priests and the Levites purified
themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the
wall.
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Then I brought up the princes of Judah
upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that
gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the
wall toward the dung gate:
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and after them went Hoshai'ah, and half
of the princes of Judah,
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and Azari'ah, Ezra, and
Meshul'lam,
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Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemai'ah, and
Jeremiah,
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and certain of the priests' sons
with trumpets; namely, Zechari'ah the son of Jonathan, the
son of Shemai'ah, the son of Mattani'ah, the son of Michai'ah, the
son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
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and his brethren, Shemai'ah, and
Az'arael, Mil'alai, Gil'alai, Ma'ai, Nethan'e-el, and Judah,
Hana'ni, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and
Ezra the scribe before them.
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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.
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And the other company of them that
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;
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and from above the gate of E'phra-im, and
above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of
Han'aneel, and the tower of Me'ah, even unto the sheep gate: and
they stood still in the prison gate.
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So stood the two companies of them
that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the
rulers with me:
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and the priests; Eli'akim, Ma-asei'ah,
Mini-a'min, Michai'ah, Eli-oe'nai, Zechari'ah, and Hanani'ah,
with trumpets;
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and Ma-asei'ah, and Shemai'ah, and
Ele-a'zar, and Uzzi, and Jeho'hanan, and Malchi'jah, and Elam, and
Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahi'ah their overseer.
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Also 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 afar off.
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The Provision for the
Priests and Levites |
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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 that
waited.
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And both the singers 1 Chr. 25.1-8 and the porters 1 Chr. 26.12 kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification,
according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his
son.
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For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and
thanksgiving unto God.
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And all Israel in the days of
Zerub'babel, and in the days of Nehemi'ah, 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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