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1 The Priests and Levites, which came with Zerubbabél unto Jerusalém, are nombred, 27 And the wall is dedicated.

1.These also are the Priests and the Levites that ^awent up with Zerubbabél, the sonne of Shealtiél, and Jeshúa: to wit, Seraiáh, Jeremiáh, Ezrá, ah The wall dedicated.

2.Amariáh, Mallúch, Hattúsh,

3.Shecaniáh, Rehúm, Merimóth,

4.Iddó, Ginnethó, Abijáh,

5.Miamín, Maadiáh, Bilgáh,

6.Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiáh,

7.Sallú, Amók, Hilkijáh, Jedaiáh: these were the ^bchief of the Priests, and of their brethren in the daies of Jeshúa.

8.And the Levites, Jeshúa, Binnúi, Kadmiél, Sherebiáh, Judáh, Mattaniáh ^cwere over the thankesgivings, he, and his brethren.

9.And Bakbukiáh and Unní, and their brethren were about them in the ^dwatches.

10.And Jeshúa begate Joiakím: Joiakím also begate Eliashíb, and Eliashíb begate Joiadá.

11.And Joiadá begate Jonathán, and Jonathán begate Jaddúa.

12.And in the daies of Joiakím were these, the chief fathers of the Priests: under ^eSeraiáh was Meraiáh, under Jeremiáh, Hananiáh,

13.Under Ezrá, Meshullám, under Amariáh, Jehohanán,

14.Under Melicú, Jonathán, under Shebaniáh, Joséph,

15.Under Harím, Adná, under Meraióth, Helkái,

16.Under Iddó, Zechariáh, under Ginnithón, Meshullam,

17.Under ^fAbijáh, Zichrí, under Miniamín, & under Moadiah, Piltái,

18.Under Bilgáh, Shammúa, under Shemaiáh, Jehonathán,

19.Under Joiaríb, Mattenái, under Jedaiáh, Uzzí,

20.Under Sallái, Kallái, under Amók, Eber,

21.Under Hilkiáh, Hashabiáh, under Jedaiáh, Nethaneél.

22.In the dayes of Eliasháb, Joiadá, Johanán and Jadcúa were the chief fathers of the Levites written, and the Priests in the reign of Darius the Persian.

23.The sonnes of Leví, the chief fathers were writen in the boke of the Chronicle even unto the daies of Johanán the sonne of Eliashíb.

24.And the chief of the Levites were Hashabiáh, Sherebiáh, and Jeshúa the sonne of Kadmiél, and their brethren about them to give praise and thankes, according to the ordinance of David the man of God, warde over ^gagainst warde.

25.Mattaniáh and Bakbukiáh, Obadiáh, Meshullám, Talmón and Akkúb were porters keeping the warde at the thresholds of the gates.

26.These were in the daies of Joiakím the sonne of Jeshúa, the sonne of Jozadak, and in the daies of Nehemiáh the captain, and of Ezrá the Priest and scribe.

27.And in the dedicacion of the wall at Jerusalém they sought the Levites out of all their places to bring them to Jerusalém to keep the dedicacion and gladness, both with thankesgivings & with songs, cymbals, violes & with harpes.

28.Then the ^singers gathered them selves together bothe from the plaine country about Jerusalém, and from the villages of ^hNetophathí,

29.And from the house of Gilgál, and out of the countries of Géba, and Azmáveth: for the singers had buylt them villages round about Jerusalém. Thankesgiving Nehemi

30.And the Priests and Levites were purified, and clensed the people, and the gates, and the wall.

31.And ⁱI brought up the princes of Judáh upon the wall, and appointed two great companies to give thanks, and the one went on the right hand of the wall toward the dung gate.

32.And after them went Hoshaiáh, and halfe of the princes of Judáh,

33.And Azariáh, Ezrá and Meshullám,

34.Judáh, Benjamín, and Shemaiáh, and Jeremiáh,

35.And of the Priest’s sonnes with trumpets, Zechariáh the sonne of Jonathán, the sonne of Shemaiáh, the sonne of Mattaniáh, the sonne of Michaiáh, the sonne of Zaccúr, the sonne of Asaph.

36.And ^khis brethren, Shemaiáh, and Azareél, Milalái, Gilalái, Maái, Nethaneél, and Judáh, Hanáni, with the musical instruments of David the man of God: and Ezrá the scribe went before them.

37.And to the gate of the fountain, even over against them went they up by ^lthe staires of the citie of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, even unto the water gate Eastward.

38.And the seconde companie of them that gave thankes, went on the otherside, and I after them, and the half of the people was upon the wall, and upon the towre of the furnaces even unto the broade wall.

39.And upon the gate of Ephraim, and upon the olde gate, and upon the fishgate, and the towre of Hananeél, and the towre of Meáh, even unto the shepegate: and they stode in the gate of the warde.

40.So stode the two companies (of them that gave thankes) in the house of God, & I and the halfe of the rulers with me.

41.The Priests also, Eliakím, Maaseiáh, Miniamin, Michaiáh, Elioenái, Zechariáh, Hananiáh, with trumpets,

42.And Maaseiáh, and Shemaiáh, & Eleazár, and Uzzí, and Jehohanán, and Malchijáh, and Elám, & Ezer: & the singers ^sang loude, having Jzrahiáh which was the overseer.

43.And the same day they offered great sacrifices and rejoyced: for God had given them great joye, so that both the women, and the children were joyful: and the joye of Jerusalém was heard farre off.

44.Also at the same time were men appointed ^mover the chambers of the store for the offrings (for the first frutes, and for the tithes) to gather in to them out of the fields of the cities, the portions of the Law for the Priests and the Levites: for Judáh rejoyced for the Priests and for the Levites, that served.

45.And both the singers and the Levites kept the warde of their God, and the warde of the purification according to the commandment of David, and Salomón his sonne.

46.*For in the dayes of David and Asáph, of olde were chief singers, and songs of praise and thankesgiving unto God.

47.And in the dayes of Zerubbabél, and in the dayes of Nehemiáh did all Israél give portions unto the singers and porters, everie day his portion, and they gave the holy things unto the Levites, and the Levites ⁿgave the holy things unto the sonnes of Aarón.

Nehemiah 12

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