Nehemiah:12-13
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Now 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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Amariah ,
Malluch ,
Hattush ,
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Shechaniah ,
Rehum ,
Meremoth ,
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Iddo ,
Ginnetho ,
Abijah ,
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Miamin ,
Maadiah ,
Bilgah ,
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Shemaiah ,
and Joiarib ,
Jedaiah ,
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Sallu ,
Amok ,
Hilkiah ,
Jedaiah .
These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua .
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Moreover the Levites :
Jeshua ,
Binnui ,
Kadmiel ,
Sherebiah ,
Judah ,
and Mattaniah ,
which was over the thanksgiving ,
he and his brethren .
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Also Bakbukiah and Unni ,
their brethren ,
were over against them in the watches .
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And Jeshua begat Joiakim ,
Joiakim also begat Eliashib ,
and Eliashib begat Joiada ,
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And Joiada begat Jonathan ,
and Jonathan begat Jaddua .
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And in the days of Joiakim were priests ,
the chief of the fathers :
of Seraiah ,
Meraiah ;
of Jeremiah ,
Hananiah ;
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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 Harim ,
Adna ;
of Meraioth ,
Helkai ;
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Of Iddo ,
Zechariah ;
of Ginnethon ,
Meshullam ;
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Of Abijah ,
Zichri ;
of Miniamin ,
of Moadiah ,
Piltai ;
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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 Sallai ,
Kallai ;
of Amok ,
Eber ;
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Of Hilkiah ,
Hashabiah ;
of Jedaiah ,
Nethaneel .
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The Levites in the days of Eliashib ,
Joiada ,
and Johanan ,
and Jaddua ,
were recorded chief of the fathers :
also the priests ,
to the reign of Darius the Persian .
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The sons of Levi ,
the chief of the fathers ,
were written in the book of the chronicles ,
even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib .
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And the chief of the 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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Mattaniah ,
and Bakbukiah ,
Obadiah ,
Meshullam ,
Talmon ,
Akkub ,
were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds 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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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 .
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And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together ,
both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem ,
and from the villages of Netophathi ;
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Also from the house of Gilgal ,
and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth :
for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem .
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And the priests and the Levites purified themselves ,
and purified the people ,
and the gates ,
and the wall .
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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 :
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And after them went Hoshaiah ,
and half of the princes of Judah ,
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And Azariah ,
Ezra ,
and Meshullam ,
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Judah ,
and Benjamin ,
and Shemaiah ,
and Jeremiah ,
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And certain of the priests '
sons with trumpets ;
namely ,
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 Azarael ,
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 at the fountain gate ,
which was over against them ,
they went up by the stairs of the city of David ,
at the going up of the wall ,
above the house of David ,
even unto the water gate eastward .
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And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them ,
and I after them ,
and the half of the people upon the wall ,
from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall ;
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And from above the gate of Ephraim ,
and above the old gate ,
and above the fish gate ,
and the tower of Hananeel ,
and the tower of Meah ,
even unto the sheep gate :
and they stood still in the prison gate .
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So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God ,
and I ,
and the half of the rulers with me :
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And the priests ;
Eliakim ,
Maaseiah ,
Miniamin ,
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 ,
with Jezrahiah their overseer .
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Also that day they offered great sacrifices ,
and rejoiced :
for God had made them rejoice with great joy :
the wives also and the children rejoiced :
so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off .
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And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures ,
for the offerings ,
for the firstfruits ,
and for the tithes ,
to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites :
for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited .
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And both the singers and the porters 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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For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers ,
and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto 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 porters ,
every day his portion :
and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites ;
and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron .
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On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people ;
and therein was found written ,
that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever ;
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Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water ,
but hired Balaam against them ,
that he should curse them :
howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing .
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Now it came to pass ,
when they had heard the law ,
that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude .
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And before this ,
Eliashib the priest ,
having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God ,
was allied unto Tobiah :
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And he had prepared for him a great chamber ,
where aforetime they laid the meat offerings ,
the frankincense ,
and the vessels ,
and the tithes of the corn ,
the new wine ,
and the oil ,
which was commanded to be given to the Levites ,
and the singers ,
and the porters ;
and the offerings of the priests .
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But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem :
for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king ,
and after certain days obtained I leave of the king :
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And I came to Jerusalem ,
and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah ,
in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .
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And it grieved me sore :
therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber .
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Then I commanded ,
and they cleansed the chambers :
and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God ,
with the meat offering and the frankincense .
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And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them :
for the Levites and the singers ,
that did the work ,
were fled every one to his field .
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Then contended I with the rulers ,
and said ,
Why is the house of God forsaken ?
And I gathered them together ,
and set them in their place .
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Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries .
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And I made treasurers over the treasuries ,
Shelemiah the priest ,
and Zadok the scribe ,
and of the Levites ,
Pedaiah :
and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur ,
the son of Mattaniah :
for they were counted faithful ,
and their office was to distribute unto their brethren .
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Remember me ,
O my God ,
concerning this ,
and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God ,
and for the offices thereof .
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In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath ,
and bringing in sheaves ,
and lading asses ;
as also wine ,
grapes ,
and figs ,
and all manner of burdens ,
which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day :
and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals .
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There dwelt men of Tyre also therein ,
which brought fish ,
and all manner of ware ,
and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah ,
and in Jerusalem .
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Then I contended with the nobles of Judah ,
and said unto them ,
What evil thing is this that ye do ,
and profane the sabbath day ?
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Did not your fathers thus ,
and did not our God bring all this evil upon us ,
and upon this city ?
yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath .
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And it came to pass ,
that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath ,
I commanded that the gates should be shut ,
and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath :
and some of my servants set I at the gates ,
that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day .
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So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice .
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Then I testified against them ,
and said unto them ,
Why lodge ye about the wall ?
if ye do so again ,
I will lay hands on you .
From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath .
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And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves ,
and that they should come and keep the gates ,
to sanctify the sabbath day .
Remember me ,
O my God ,
concerning this also ,
and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy .
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In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod ,
of Ammon ,
and of Moab :
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And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod ,
and could not speak in the Jews '
language ,
but according to the language of each people .
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And I contended with them ,
and cursed them ,
and smote certain of them ,
and plucked off their hair ,
and made them swear by God ,
saying ,
Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons ,
nor take their daughters unto your sons ,
or for yourselves .
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Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things ?
yet among many nations was there no king like him ,
who was beloved of his God ,
and God made him king over all Israel :
nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin .
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Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil ,
to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives ?
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And one of the sons of Joiada ,
the son of Eliashib the high priest ,
was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite :
therefore I chased him from me .
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Remember them ,
O my God ,
because they have defiled the priesthood ,
and the covenant of the priesthood ,
and of the Levites .
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Thus cleansed I them from all strangers ,
and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites ,
every one in his business ;
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And for the wood offering ,
at times appointed ,
and for the firstfruits .
Remember me ,
O my God ,
for good .
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