Nehemiah:12:27-47
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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 and the rejoicing ,
both with thanksgiving and with music ,
cymbals ,
harps ,
and with lyres .
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So the sons of the singers gathered themselves together ,
both out of the circuit round about Jerusalem ,
and out of the villages of the Netophathites ;
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also out of Beth-gilgal ,
and out of the fields of Geba ,
and Azmaveth ,
for ,
villages ,
had the singers builded for themselves ,
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 brought I up the rulers of Judah upon the wall ,
and I appointed two large choirs ,
even to go in procession to the right ,
upon the wall ,
towards the dung-gate ;
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and after them went Hoshaiah ,
and half the rulers of Judah ;
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then Azariah ,
Ezra ,
and Meshullam ;
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Judah ,
and Benjamin ,
and Shemaiah ,
and Jeremiah ;
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and ,
of the sons of the priests ,
with trumpets ,
Zechariahson of Jonathanson of Shemaiahson of Mattaniah ,
son of Micaiah ,
son of Zaccur ,
son of Asaph ;
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and his brethren Shemaiah and Azarel ,
Milalai ,
Gilalai ,
Maai ,
Nethanel ,
and Judah ,
Hanani ,
with the instruments of music of David ,
the man of God ,
with Ezra the scribe before them ;
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and ,
over they fountain gate and straight before 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 as far as the water-gate ,
eastward .
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And ,
the second choir ,
was going over against them ,
I ,
following it ,
with the half of the people upon the wall ,
above the tower of the ovens ,
even as far as the broad wall ;
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and above the gate of Ephraim ,
and upon the old gate ,
and upon the fish-gate ,
and the tower of Hananel ,
and the tower of Hammeah ,
even as far as the sheep-gate ,
and they came to a stand ,
at the gate of the guard .
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So the two choirs ,
came to a stand ,
at the house of God ,
and I ,
and half the deputies with me ;
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and ,
the priests Eliakim ,
Maaseiah ,
Miniamin ,
Micaiah ,
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 musicians sounded ,
aloud with Jezrahiah who was over them .
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And they sacrificed ,
on that day ,
great sacrifices ,
and rejoiced ,
for ,
God ,
had caused them to rejoice with great joy ,
moreover also ,
the women and children ,
rejoiced ,
so that the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard afar off .
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And there were sot in charge ,
on that day ,
certain men ,
over the chambers for the treasures ,
for the heave-offerings ,
for the firstfruits ,
and for the tithes ,
to gather into them ,
out of the fields of the cities ,
the portions appointed by the law ,
for the priests ,
and for the Levites ,
for ,
the joy of Judah ,
was over the priests and over the Levites ,
who were remaining .
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So they kept the charge of their God ,
and the charge of the purification ,
and the singers and the doorkeepers ,
according to the commandment of David and his son .
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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 ,
unto God .
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Now ,
all Israelin the days of Zerubbabel ,
and in the days of Nehemiah ,
used to give the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers ,
the need of a day upon its day ,
and they hallowed them unto the Levites ,
and ,
the Levites ,
hallowed them unto the sons of Aaron .
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