Nehemiah 12:40
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New International Version (©2011)
The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials,

New Living Translation (©2007)
The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God, where they took their places. So did I, together with the group of leaders who were with me.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then the two choirs assembled in the Temple of God, as did I, along with half of the officials who accompanied me,

NET Bible (©2006)
Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So both choirs stood in God's temple, as did I and the half of the leaders who were with me.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me:

American King James Version
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

American Standard Version
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of God, and I and the half of the magistrates with me.

Darby Bible Translation
And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

English Revised Version
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

Webster's Bible Translation
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

World English Bible
So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

Young's Literal Translation
And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:27-43 All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does not dedicate to the Lord. We are concerned to cleanse our hands, and purify our hearts, when any work for God is to pass through them. Those that would be employed to sanctify others, must sanctify themselves, and set themselves apart for God. To those who are sanctified, all their creature-comforts and enjoyments are made holy. The people greatly rejoiced. All that share in public mercies, ought to join in public thanksgivings.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 40. - So stood the two companies. Having performed their respective portions of the perambulation, and reached the central portion of the eastern wall, opposite the temple area, the two companies came to a stand, one over against the other, not in the house of God, but by it, or near it, which is a meaning that the preposition ב often has. The half of the rulers. Compare ver. 32.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God,.... Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:

and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, Nehemiah 12:32.

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Dedication of the Wall
…39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. 40So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 41And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; …

Ezra 3:11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: "He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Nehemiah 12:39 over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.
Nehemiah 12:41 as well as the priests--Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah with their trumpets--