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| | Neh 12:1 | Here is the list of the priests and Levites who had returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the high priest: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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| | Neh 12:2 | Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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| | Neh 12:3 | Shecaniah, Harim, Meremoth,
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| | Neh 12:4 | Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
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| | Neh 12:5 | Miniamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
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| | Neh 12:6 | Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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| | Neh 12:7 | Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
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| | Neh 12:8 | The Levites who had returned with them were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his associates was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.
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| | Neh 12:9 | Their associates, Bakbukiah and Unni, stood opposite them during the service.
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| | Neh 12:10 | Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
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| | Neh 12:11 | Joiada was the father of Johanan. Johanan was the father of Jaddua.
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| | Neh 12:12 | Now when Joiakim was high priest, the family leaders of the priests were as follows: Meraiah was leader of the family of Seraiah. Hananiah was leader of the family of Jeremiah.
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| | Neh 12:13 | Meshullam was leader of the family of Ezra. Jehohanan was leader of the family of Amariah.
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| | Neh 12:14 | Jonathan was leader of the family of Malluch. Joseph was leader of the family of Shecaniah.
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| | Neh 12:15 | Adna was leader of the family of Harim. Helkai was leader of the family of Meremoth.
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| | Neh 12:16 | Zechariah was leader of the family of Iddo. Meshullam was leader of the family of Ginnethon.
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| | Neh 12:17 | Zicri was leader of the family of Abijah. There was also a leader of the family of Miniamin. Piltai was leader of the family of Moadiah.
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| | Neh 12:18 | Shammua was leader of the family of Bilgah. Jehonathan was leader of the family of Shemaiah.
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| | Neh 12:19 | Mattenai was leader of the family of Joiarib. Uzzi was leader of the family of Jedaiah.
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| | Neh 12:20 | Kallai was leader of the family of Sallu. Eber was leader of the family of Amok.
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| | Neh 12:21 | Hashabiah was leader of the family of Hilkiah. Nethanel was leader of the family of Jedaiah.
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| | Neh 12:22 | During the reign of Darius II of Persia, a list was compiled of the family leaders of the Levites and the priests in the days of the following high priests: Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.
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| | Neh 12:23 | The heads of the Levite families were recorded in The Book of History down to the days of Johanan, the grandson of Eliashib.
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| | Neh 12:24 | These were the family leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, and other associates, who stood opposite them during the ceremonies of praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, just as commanded by David, the man of God.
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| | Neh 12:25 | This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers in charge of the storerooms at the gates.
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| | Neh 12:26 | These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jehozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
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| | Neh 12:27 | During the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come to Jerusalem to assist in the ceremonies. They were to take part in the joyous occasion with their songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, lyres, and harps.
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| | Neh 12:28 | The singers were brought together from Jerusalem and its surrounding villages and from the villages of the Netophathites.
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| | Neh 12:29 | They also came from Beth-gilgal and the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built their own villages around Jerusalem.
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| | Neh 12:30 | The priests and Levites first dedicated themselves, then the people, the gates, and the wall.
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| | Neh 12:31 | I led the leaders of Judah to the top of the wall and organized two large choirs to give thanks. One of the choirs proceeded southward along the top of the wall to the Dung Gate.
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| | Neh 12:32 | Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,
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| | Neh 12:33 | along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
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| | Neh 12:34 | Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
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| | Neh 12:35 | and some priests who played trumpets. Then came Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph.
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| | Neh 12:36 | And finally came Zechariah's colleagues Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They used the musical instruments prescribed by David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe led this procession.
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| | Neh 12:37 | At the Fountain Gate they went straight up the steps on the ascent of the city wall toward the City of David. They passed the house of David and then proceeded to the Water Gate on the east.
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| | Neh 12:38 | The second choir went northward around the other way to meet them. I followed them, with the other half of the people, along the top of the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
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| | Neh 12:39 | then past the Ephraim Gate to the Old City Gate, past the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel, and went on to the Tower of the Hundred. Then we continued on to the Sheep Gate and stopped at the Guard Gate.
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| | Neh 12:40 | The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God, where they took their places. So did I, together with the group of leaders who were with me.
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| | Neh 12:41 | We went together with the trumpet-playing priests--Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah--
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| | Neh 12:42 | and the singers--Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. They played and sang loudly and clearly under the direction of Jezrahiah the choir director.
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| | Neh 12:43 | Many sacrifices were offered on that joyous day, for God had given the people cause for great joy. The women and children also participated in the celebration, and the joy of the people of Jerusalem could be heard far away.
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| | Neh 12:44 | On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the gifts, the first part of the harvest, and the tithes. They were responsible to collect these from the fields as required by the law for the priests and Levites, for all the people of Judah valued the priests and Levites and their work.
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| | Neh 12:45 | They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as required by the laws of David and his son Solomon, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers.
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| | Neh 12:46 | The custom of having choir directors to lead the choirs in hymns of praise and thanks to God began long ago in the days of David and Asaph.
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| | Neh 12:47 | So now, in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, the people brought a daily supply of food for the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Levites. The Levites, in turn, gave a portion of what they received to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
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