Nehemiah 12 — ULB
12Verse 1These were the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Verse 2Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,Verse 3Shecaniah, Rehum, and Meremoth.Verse 4There were Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,Verse 5Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,Verse 6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,Verse 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.Verse 8The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was in charge of the thanksgiving songs, along with his associates.Verse 9Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them during the service.Verse 10Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,Verse 11Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.Verse 12In the days of Joiakim these were the priests, the leaders of the families: Meraiah was the leader of Seraiah, Hananiah was the leader of Jeremiah,Verse 13Meshullam was the leader of Ezra, Jehohanan was the leader of Amariah,Verse 14Jonathan was the leader of Malluk, and Joseph was the leader of Shebaniah.+Verse 15Adna was the leader of Harim, Helkai the leader of Meremoth,Verse 16Zechariah was the leader of Iddo, Meshullam was the leader of Ginnethon, andVerse 17Zichri was the leader of Abijah. ... of Miniamin. Piltai was the leader of Moadiah.+Verse 18Shammua was the leader of Bilgah, Jehonathan was the leader of Shemaiah,Verse 19Mattenai was the leader of Joiarib, Uzzi was the leader of Jedaiah,Verse 20Kallai was the leader of Sallu, Eber was the leader of Amok,Verse 21Hashabiah was the leader of Hilkiah, and Nethanel was the leader of Jedaiah.Verse 22In the days of Eliashib, the Levites Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were recorded as the heads of families, and the priests were recorded during the reign of Darius the Persian.Verse 23The descendants of Levi, their leaders of families were recorded in the book of the annals up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.Verse 24The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and to give thanks, responding section by section, in obedience to the command of David, the man of God.Verse 25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storerooms by the gates.Verse 26They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.Verse 27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the people sought out the Levites wherever they lived, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with joy, with thanksgivings and singing with cymbals, harps, and with lyres.Verse 28The fellowship of singers gathered together from the district around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites.Verse 29They also came from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem.Verse 30The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.Verse 31Then I had the leaders of Judah go up to the top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs who gave thanks. One went to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate.Verse 32Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,Verse 33and after them went Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,Verse 34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,Verse 35and some of the priests' sons with trumpets, and Zechariah son of Jonathan son of Shemaiah son of Mattaniah son of Micaiah son of Zaccur son of Asaph.Verse 36There also were Zechariah's relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe was in front of them.Verse 37By the Fountain Gate they went straight up on the stairs of the city of David, by the stairway to the wall above David's palace, to the Water Gate on the east.Verse 38The other choir of those who gave thanks went in the other direction. I followed them on the wall with half the people, above the Tower of Ovens, to the Broad Wall,Verse 39and above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate, and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.Verse 40So both choirs of those who gave thanks took their place in the house of God, and I also took my place with half of the officials with me.Verse 41Then the priests took their place: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with the trumpets,Verse 42and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer, and the singers made themselves heard and Jezrahiah was their leader.Verse 43They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy. Also the women and the children rejoiced. So the joy of Jerusalem could be heard far away.Verse 44On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites. Each was assigned to work the fields near the towns. For Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who were standing before them.Verse 45They performed the service of their God, and the service of purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, in keeping with the command of David and of Solomon his son.Verse 46For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors of singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.Verse 47In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers. They set aside the portion that was for the Levites, and the Levites set aside a portion for the descendants of Aaron.