Nehemiah On The Celebration Of The Walls Of Jerusalem

With thanksgiving, rejoicing, offerings, songs, cymbals and other musical instruments.

All these with the portions of the Kohanim and Levites according to the Torah.

“The Dedication Of The Walls Of Jerusalem”

These are the Kohanim and the Levites who ascended with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem the Levites were sought from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with rejoicing and with thanksgiving – offerings, and with song, cymbals, lyres and harps.
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Of the sons of the Kohanim, with trumpets: …
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… with the musical instruments of David, the man of God, with Ezra the scholar before them.
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The second thanksgiving-offering went alongside, …
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They slaughtered a great number of sacrifices on that day, and they rejoiced; for God had caused them to rejoice, a great rejoicing; also the women and children rejoiced. The rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
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… the portions ordained by the Torah for the Kohanim and for the Levites. …
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who kept the watch of their God and the watch of purity, and the singers and the gatekeepers, as the commandment of David [to] Solomon his son.
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… and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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… They also consecrated [the tithe] for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated [a portion] for the sons of Aaron.
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1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua; Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra.
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush.
3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth.
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah.
5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah.
6 Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These are the leaders of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8 And the Levites were: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah over the huyedoth, he and his brethren.
9 And Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were opposite them in the watches.
10 Now Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada.
11 And Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of the fathers’ houses, were: of Seraiah was Meraiah; of Jeremiah was Hananiah.
13 Of Ezra was Meshullam; of Amariah was Jehohanan.
14 Of Melicu was Jonathan; of Shebaniah was Joseph.
15 Of Harim was Adna; of Meraioth was Helkai.
16 Of Iddo was Zechariah; of Ginnethon was Meshullam.
17 Of Abijah was Zichri; of Minjamin, of Moadiah was Piltai.
18 Of Bilgah was Shammua; of Shemaiah was Jehonathan.
19 Of Joiarib was Mattenai; of Jedaiah was Uzzi.
20 Of Sallai was Kallai; of Amok was Eber.
21 Of Hilkiah was Hashabiah; of Jedaiah was Nethanel.
22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib; Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua were inscribed as the heads of the fathers’ houses, and so were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 The children of Levi, the heads of the fathers’ houses, were inscribed in the book of chronicles even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24 And the heads of the Levites were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren were opposite them to praise [and] to give thanks by the command of David, the man of God, a watch opposite a watch.
25 Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were guards, sentries of the gates [in their] watch at the thresholds of the gates.
26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest, the scholar.
27 And in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to perform the dedication with joy, and with thanksgivings, and with song, cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
28 And the sons of the singers gathered and from the plain surrounding Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites.
29 And from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and I placed two large thanksgiving offerings with processions to the right upon the wall to the Dung Gate.
32 And Hoshaiah and half the princes of Judah walked after them.
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam.
34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.
35 And of the children of the priests with trumpets was Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph.
36 And his brethren: Shemaiah and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah; Hanani with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scholar was before them.
37 And by the Fountain Gate and opposite them they ascended upon the steps of the City of David at the ascent to the wall above the house of David and until the Water Gate eastward.
38 And the second thanksgiving offering, which went opposite [it], and I was after it with half the people upon the wall, above the Tower of the Furnaces, and until the broad wall.
39 And above the Gate of Ephraim, and until the Yeshanah Gate, and until the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, and until the Sheep Gate, and they stood in the gate of the guard.
40 And the two thanksgiving offerings stood in the Temple of God, and I and half the prefects with me.
41 And the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Micaiah, Eljoenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah with the trumpets.
42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers made their voices heard, and Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 And they slaughtered great sacrifices on that day, and they rejoiced, for God made them rejoice with great joy, and also the women and the children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
44 On that day, men were appointed over the chambers for treasuries for the heave offerings, for the first gifts, and for the tithes, to gather in them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the Torah for the priests and for the Levites, for the rejoicing of Judah was over the priests and over the Levites who stood [ministering].
45 And they kept the charge of their God and the charge of purification, and [so did] the singers and the gate sentries, according to the mandate of David [to] Solomon his son.
46 For in the days of David and Asaph, who were the leaders of the singers of yore and [who established] songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gate sentries, the requirement of each day on its day, and they consecrated [them] for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated [them] for the sons of Aaron.