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Now these are the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] that went up[H5927] with Zerubbabel[H2216] the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], and Jeshua[H3442]: Seraiah[H8304], Jeremiah[H3414], Ezra[H5830],
6Shemaiah[H8098], and Joiarib[H3114], Jedaiah[H3048],
7Sallu[H5543], Amok[H5987], Hilkiah[H2518], Jedaiah[H3048]. These were the chief[H7218] of the priests[H3548] and of their brethren[H251] in the days[H3117] of Jeshua[H3442].
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Moreover the Levites[H3881]: Jeshua[H3442], Binnui[H1131], Kadmiel[H6934], Sherebiah[H8274], Judah[H3063], and Mattaniah[H4983], which was over the thanksgiving[H1960], he and his brethren[H251].
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Also Bakbukiah[H1229] and Unni[H6042], their brethren[H251], were over against them in the watches[H4931].
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And Jeshua[H3442]begat[H3205]Joiakim[H3113], Joiakim[H3113] also begat[H3205]Eliashib[H475], and Eliashib[H475]begat[H3205]Joiada[H3111],
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And Joiada[H3111]begat[H3205]Jonathan[H3129], and Jonathan[H3129]begat[H3205]Jaddua[H3037].
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And in the days[H3117] of Joiakim[H3113] were priests[H3548], the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1]: of Seraiah[H8304], Meraiah[H4811]; of Jeremiah[H3414], Hananiah[H2608];
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Of Ezra[H5830], Meshullam[H4918]; of Amariah[H568], Jehohanan[H3076];
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Of Melicu[H4409], Jonathan[H3129]; of Shebaniah[H7645], Joseph[H3130];
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Of Harim[H2766], Adna[H5733]; of Meraioth[H4812], Helkai[H2517];
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Of Iddo[H5714], Zechariah[H2148]; of Ginnethon[H1599], Meshullam[H4918];
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Of Abijah[H29], Zichri[H2147]; of Miniamin[H4509], of Moadiah[H4153], Piltai[H6408];
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Of Bilgah[H1083], Shammua[H8051]; of Shemaiah[H8098], Jehonathan[H3083];
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And of Joiarib[H3114], Mattenai[H4982]; of Jedaiah[H3048], Uzzi[H5813];
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Of Sallai[H5543], Kallai[H7040]; of Amok[H5987], Eber[H5677];
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Of Hilkiah[H2518], Hashabiah[H2811]; of Jedaiah[H3048], Nethaneel[H5417].
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The Levites[H3881] in the days[H3117] of Eliashib[H475], Joiada[H3111], and Johanan[H3110], and Jaddua[H3037], were recorded[H3789]chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1]: also the priests[H3548], to the reign[H4438] of Darius[H1867] the Persian[H6542].
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The sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878], the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1], were written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697], even until the days[H3117] of Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Eliashib[H475].
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And the chief[H7218] of the Levites[H3881]: Hashabiah[H2811], Sherebiah[H8274], and Jeshua[H3442] the son[H1121] of Kadmiel[H6934], with their brethren[H251] over against[H5980] them, to praise[H1984] and to give thanks[H3034], according to the commandment[H4687] of David[H1732] the man[H376] of God[H430], ward[H4929] over against[H5980]ward[H4929].
25Mattaniah[H4983], and Bakbukiah[H1229], Obadiah[H5662], Meshullam[H4918], Talmon[H2929], Akkub[H6126], were porters[H7778]keeping[H8104] the ward[H4929] at the thresholds[H624] of the gates[H8179].
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These were in the days[H3117] of Joiakim[H3113] the son[H1121] of Jeshua[H3442], the son[H1121] of Jozadak[H3136], and in the days[H3117] of Nehemiah[H5166] the governor[H6346], and of Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548], the scribe[H5608].
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And at the dedication[H2598] of the wall[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] they sought[H1245] the Levites[H3881] out of all their places[H4725], to bring[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389], to keep[H6213] the dedication[H2598] with gladness[H8057], both with thanksgivings[H8426], and with singing[H7892], with cymbals[H4700], psalteries[H5035], and with harps[H3658].
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And the sons[H1121] of the singers[H7891] gathered themselves together[H622], both out of the plain country[H3603] round about[H5439]Jerusalem[H3389], and from the villages[H2691] of Netophathi[H5200];
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Also from the house[H1004] of Gilgal[H1537], and out of the fields[H7704] of Geba[H1387] and Azmaveth[H5820]: for the singers[H7891] had builded[H1129] them villages[H2691] round about[H5439]Jerusalem[H3389].
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And the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881]purified[H2891] themselves, and purified[H2891] the people[H5971], and the gates[H8179], and the wall[H2346].
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Then I brought up[H5927] the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063] upon the wall[H2346], and appointed[H5975]two[H8147]great[H1419] companies of them that gave thanks[H8426], whereof one went[H8418] on the right hand[H3225] upon the wall[H2346] toward the dung[H830]gate[H8179]:
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And after[H310] them went[H3212]Hoshaiah[H1955], and half[H2677] of the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063],
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And Azariah[H5838], Ezra[H5830], and Meshullam[H4918],
34Judah[H3063], and Benjamin[H1144], and Shemaiah[H8098], and Jeremiah[H3414],
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And certain of the priests[H3548]' sons[H1121] with trumpets[H2689]; namely, Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1121] of Jonathan[H3129], the son[H1121] of Shemaiah[H8098], the son[H1121] of Mattaniah[H4983], the son[H1121] of Michaiah[H4320], the son[H1121] of Zaccur[H2139], the son[H1121] of Asaph[H623]:
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And his brethren[H251], Shemaiah[H8098], and Azarael[H5832], Milalai[H4450], Gilalai[H1562], Maai[H4597], Nethaneel[H5417], and Judah[H3063], Hanani[H2607], with the musical[H7892]instruments[H3627] of David[H1732] the man[H376] of God[H430], and Ezra[H5830] the scribe[H5608]before[H6440] them.
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And at the fountain[H5869]gate[H8179], which was over against them, they went up[H5927] by the stairs[H4609] of the city[H5892] of David[H1732], at the going up[H4608] of the wall[H2346], above the house[H1004] of David[H1732], even unto the water[H4325]gate[H8179]eastward[H4217].
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And the other[H8145] company of them that gave thanks[H8426]went[H1980] over against[H4136] them, and I after[H310] them, and the half[H2677] of the people[H5971] upon the wall[H2346], from beyond the tower[H4026] of the furnaces[H8574] even unto the broad[H7342]wall[H2346];
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And from above the gate[H8179] of Ephraim[H669], and above the old[H3465]gate[H8179], and above the fish[H1709]gate[H8179], and the tower[H4026] of Hananeel[H2606], and the tower[H4026] of Meah[H3968], even unto the sheep[H6629]gate[H8179]: and they stood still[H5975] in the prison[H4307]gate[H8179].
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So stood[H5975] the two[H8147] companies of them that gave thanks[H8426] in the house[H1004] of God[H430], and I, and the half[H2677] of the rulers[H5461] with me:
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And the priests[H3548]; Eliakim[H471], Maaseiah[H4641], Miniamin[H4509], Michaiah[H4320], Elioenai[H454], Zechariah[H2148], and Hananiah[H2608], with trumpets[H2689];
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And Maaseiah[H4641], and Shemaiah[H8098], and Eleazar[H499], and Uzzi[H5813], and Jehohanan[H3076], and Malchijah[H4441], and Elam[H5867], and Ezer[H5829]. And the singers[H7891] sang loud[H8085], with Jezrahiah[H3156] their overseer[H6496].
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Also that day[H3117] they offered[H2076]great[H1419]sacrifices[H2077], and rejoiced[H8055]: for God[H430] had made them rejoice[H8055] with great[H1419]joy[H8057]: the wives[H802] also and the children[H3206]rejoiced[H8055]: so that the joy[H8057] of Jerusalem[H3389] was heard[H8085] even afar off[H7350].
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And at that time[H3117] were some[H582]appointed[H6485] over the chambers[H5393] for the treasures[H214], for the offerings[H8641], for the firstfruits[H7225], and for the tithes[H4643], to gather[H3664] into them out of the fields[H7704] of the cities[H5892] the portions[H4521] of the law[H8451] for the priests[H3548] and Levites[H3881]: for Judah[H3063]rejoiced[H8057] for the priests[H3548] and for the Levites[H3881] that waited[H5975].
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And both the singers[H7891] and the porters[H7778]kept[H8104] the ward[H4931] of their God[H430], and the ward[H4931] of the purification[H2893], according to the commandment[H4687] of David[H1732], and of Solomon[H8010] his son[H1121].
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For in the days[H3117] of David[H1732] and Asaph[H623] of old[H6924] there were chief[H7218] of the singers[H7891], and songs[H7892] of praise[H8416] and thanksgiving[H3034] unto God[H430].
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And all Israel[H3478] in the days[H3117] of Zerubbabel[H2216], and in the days[H3117] of Nehemiah[H5166], gave[H5414] the portions[H4521] of the singers[H7891] and the porters[H7778], every day[H3117] his portion[H1697]: and they sanctified[H6942] holy things unto the Levites[H3881]; and the Levites[H3881]sanctified[H6942] them unto the children[H1121] of Aaron[H175].