Nehemiah 12 — LSV
12Verse 1And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Verse 2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Verse 3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Verse 4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,Verse 5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,Verse 6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,Verse 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.Verse 8And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brothers,Verse 9and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, [are] opposite them in charges.Verse 10And Jeshua has begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim has begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib has begotten Joiada,Verse 11and Joiada has begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan has begotten Jaddua.Verse 12And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;Verse 13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;Verse 14of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;Verse 15of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;Verse 16of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;Verse 17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;Verse 18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;Verse 19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;Verse 20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;Verse 21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.Verse 22The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.Verse 23Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the scroll of the Chronicles even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;Verse 24and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers, [are] opposite them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge close by charge.Verse 25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping watch in the gatherings of the gates.Verse 26These [are] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.Verse 27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;Verse 28and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,Verse 29and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, the singers have built for villages for themselves around Jerusalem;Verse 30and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.Verse 31And I bring up the heads of Judah on the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the Refuse Gate;Verse 32and after them goes Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah,Verse 33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,Verse 34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;Verse 35and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,Verse 36and his brothers Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe [is] before them;Verse 37and by the Fountain Gate and in front of them, they have gone up by the steps of the City of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and to the Water Gate eastward.Verse 38And the second thanksgiving company that is going opposite, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the Tower of the Furnaces and to the broad wall,Verse 39and from beyond the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananeel, and the Tower of Meah, and to the Sheep Gate—and they have stood at the Prison Gate.Verse 40And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,Verse 41and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,Verse 42and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;Verse 43and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God has made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard—to a distance.Verse 44And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for raised-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah [is] over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.Verse 45And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing—according to the command of David [and] his son Solomon,Verse 46for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.Verse 47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.