Nehemiah 12

Priests and Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel

12Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,H3548H3881H5927H2216H1121H7597H3442H8304H3414H58302Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,H568H4409H24073Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,H7935H7348H48224Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,H5714H1599H295Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,H4326H4573H10836Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah,H8098H3114H30487Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua.H5543H5987H2518H3048H7218H3548H251H3117H34428And the Levites [were] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [ and] Mattaniah [who was] in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers.H3881H3442H1131H6934H8274H3063H4983H1960H2519Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in [their] service divisions.H1229H6042H251H493110And Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,H3442H3205H3113H3113H3205H475H475H3205H311111and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.H3111H3205H3129H3129H3205H303712Now in the days of Joiakim the priests, the heads of fathers' [households] were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;H3117H3113H3548H7218H1H8304H4811H3414H260813of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;H5830H4918H568H307614of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;H4409H3129H7645H313015of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;H2766H5733H4812H251716of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;H5714H2148H1599H491817of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;H29H2147H4509H4153H640818of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;H1083H8051H8098H308319of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;H3114H4982H3048H581320of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;H5543H7040H5987H567721of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.H2518H2811H3048H5417

The Chief Levites

22As for the Levites, the heads of fathers' [households] were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua; so [were] the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian.H3881H3117H475H3111H3110H3037H3789H7218H1H3548H4438H1867H654223The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' [households,] were registered in the Book of the Chronicles up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.H1121H3878H7218H1H3789H5612H1697H3117H3110H1121H47524And the heads of the Levites [were] Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise [and] give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division.H7218H3881H2811H8274H3442H1121H6934H251H1984H3034H4687H1732H376H430H4929H5980H492925Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, [and] Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.H4983H1229H5662H4918H2929H6126H7778H8104H4929H624H817926These [served] 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 [ and] scribe.H3117H3113H1121H3442H1121H3136H3117H5166H6346H5830H3548H5608

Dedication of the Wall

27Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs [to the accompaniment] of cymbals, harps, and lyres.H2598H2346H3389H1245H3881H4725H935H3389H6213H2598H8057H8426H7892H4700H5035H365828So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,H1121H7891H622H3603H5439H3389H2691H520029from Beth-gilgal, and from [their] fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.H1004H1537H1019H7704H1387H5820H7891H1129H2691H5439H338930And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates, and the wall.H3548H3881H2891H2891H5971H8179H2346

Procedures for the Temple

31Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate.H5927H8269H3063H2346H5975H8147H1419H8426H8418H3225H2346H830H817932Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed them,H310H3212H1955H2677H8269H306333with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,H5838H5830H491834Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,H3063H1144H8098H341435and some of the sons of the priests with trumpets; [and] 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,H3548H1121H2689H2148H1121H3129H1121H8098H1121H4983H1121H4320H1121H2139H1121H62336and his kinsmen, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah [and] Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.H251H8098H5832H4450H1562H4597H5417H3063H2607H7892H3627H1732H376H430H5830H5608H644037And at the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.H5869H8179H5927H4609H5892H1732H4608H2346H1004H1732H4325H8179H421738The second choir proceeded to the left, while I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of Furnaces, to the Broad Wall,H8145H8426H1980H4136H310H2677H5971H2346H4026H8574H7342H234639and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate, and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.H8179H669H3465H8179H1709H8179H4026H2606H4026H3968H6629H8179H5975H4307H817940Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me;H5975H8147H8426H1004H430H2677H546141and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with the trumpets;H3548H471H4641H4509H4320H454H2148H2608H268942and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah [their] leader,H4641H8098H499H5813H3076H4441H5867H5829H7891H8085H3156H649643and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.H3117H2076H1419H2077H8055H430H8055H1419H8057H802H3206H8055H8057H3389H8085H735044On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.H3117H582H6485H5393H214H8641H7225H4643H3664H7704H5892H4521H8451H3548H3881H3063H8057H3548H3881H597545For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David [and] of his son Solomon.H7891H7778H8104H4931H430H4931H2893H4687H1732H8010H112146For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, [there were] leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God.H3117H1732H623H6924H7218H7891H7892H8416H3034H43047And so all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated [portion] for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated [portion] for the sons of Aaron.H3478H3117H2216H3117H5166H5414H4521H7891H7778H3117H1697H6942H3881H3881H6942H1121H175