Nehemiah:12:25-33

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* Mattaniah , and Bakbukiah , Obadiah , Meshullam , Talmon , Akkub , were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates sha #ar #. * 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 . * 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 . * And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together , both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem , and from the villages of Netophathi ; * Also from the house of Gilgal G Beyth hag-Gllgal #, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth : for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem . * And the priests and the Levites purified themselves , and purified the people , and the gates sha #ar #, and the wall . * 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 sha #ar #: * And after them went Hoshaiah Howsha #yah #, and half of the princes of Judah , * And Azariah , Ezra , and Meshullam ,

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