OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 28

Nehemiah 12:28

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The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;

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Nehemiah 12:25–31

25

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses 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 and scribe.

27

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 giving thanks and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

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The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;

29

also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.

30

The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

31

Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;

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