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The Priests and Levites who Returned

And these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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The Priests and Levites

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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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

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Amariah, [a]Malluch, Hattush,

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Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

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[b]Shechaniah, [c]Rehum, [d]Meremoth,

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Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

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Iddo, [e]Ginnethoi, Abijah,

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Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

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[f]Mijamin, [g]Maadiah, Bilgah,

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Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

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[h]Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.
These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

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And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, [who was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren;

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Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who led the thanksgiving psalms, he and his brethren.

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and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches.

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Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood across from them in their duties.

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The Succession of High Priests

And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada,

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Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,

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and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

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Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

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And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of the fathers’ houses were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

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of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

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of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

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of [i]Melichu, Jonathan; of [j]Shebaniah, Joseph;

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of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

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of [k]Harim, Adna; of [l]Meraioth, Helkai;

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of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

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of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

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of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin [and] Moadiah, Piltai;

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of Abijah, Zichri; the son of [m]Minjamin; of [n]Moadiah, Piltai;

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of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

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of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

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and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

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of [o]Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

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of Hilkijah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

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of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

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The Chief Levites

of the Levites, the chief fathers were recorded in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, and the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian.

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During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers’ houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.

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The children of Levi, the chief fathers, were recorded in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

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The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers’ houses until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib, were written in the book of the chronicles.

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And the chief 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 God, ward over against ward.

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And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to praise and give thanks, group[p] alternating with group, according to the command of David the man of God.

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Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.

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Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates.

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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.

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These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of [q]Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

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Dedication of the Wall

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, lutes and harps.

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Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.

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And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

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And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,

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also from Beth-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamlets round about Jerusalem.

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from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.

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

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Then the priests and Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

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And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.

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So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the Refuse Gate.

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And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

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After them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,

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and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

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Judah and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

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Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

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and [certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets: 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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and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets — 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,

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and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

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and his brethren, 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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And at the fountain-gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate eastward.

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By the Fountain Gate, in front of them, they went up the stairs of the City of David, on the stairway of the wall, beyond the house of David, as far as the Water Gate eastward.

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And the second choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;

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The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,

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and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old [wall], and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate.

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and above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of [r]the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.

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And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

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So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;

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and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets;

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and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, [s]Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

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and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.

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also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers [t]sang loudly with Jezrahiah the director.

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And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

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Provisions for Temple Worship

And at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.

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Temple Responsibilities

And at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the offerings, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who [u]ministered.

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And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they 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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Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, according to the command of David and Solomon his son.

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For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.

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For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.

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In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for each day. They also [v]consecrated holy things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the children of Aaron.

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