Nehemiah 12:24
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Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order.

Hashabiah.

Nehemiah 12:8 And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns:

Nehemiah 8:7 Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their place.

Nehemiah 9:4 And there stood up upon the step of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

Nehemiah 10:9-13 And the Levites, Josue the son of Azanias, Bennui of the sons of Henadad, Cedmihel, . . .

according.

1 Chronicles 23:1-32 David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel. . . .

1 Chronicles 25:1-26:32 Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office. . . .

the man.

Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God, Moses, blessed the children of Israel, before his death.

Joshua 14:6 Then the children of Juda came to Joshua in Galgal, and Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite spoke to him: Thou knowest what the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cadesbarne.

1 Kings 17:24 And the woman said to Elias: Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true.

2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed according to the order of David his father the offices of the priests in their ministries: and the Levites in their order to give praise, and minister before the priests according to the duty of every day: and the porters in their divisions by gate and gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.

2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.

ward.

Nehemiah 12:9 And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his office.

Ezra 3:10,11 And when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their ornaments with trumpets: and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of David king of Israel. . . .

Context
The Priests and Levites who Returned
23The sons of Levi, heads of the families were written in the book of Chronicles, even unto the days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib. 24Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order.25Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 8:14
And he appointed according to the order of David his father the offices of the priests in their ministries: and the Levites in their order to give praise, and minister before the priests according to the duty of every day: and the porters in their divisions by gate and gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.

Ezra 3:11
And they sung together hymns, and praise to the Lord: because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever towards Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord, because the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid.

Nehemiah 11:17
And Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zebedei, the son of Asaph, was the principal man to praise, and to give glory in prayer, and Becbecia, the second, one of his brethren, and Abda the son of Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idithun.

Nehemiah 12:9
And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his office.

Nehemiah 12:23
The sons of Levi, heads of the families were written in the book of Chronicles, even unto the days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib.

Nehemiah 12:36
And they went up over against them by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall of the house of David, and to the water gate eastward:

Lexicon
The leaders
וְרָאשֵׁ֣י (wə·rā·šê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

of the Levites
הַ֠לְוִיִּם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

[were] Hashabiah,
חֲשַׁבְיָ֨ה (ḥă·šaḇ·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2811: Hashabiah -- 'Yah has taken account', the name of a number of Israelites

Sherebiah,
שֵֽׁרֵבְיָ֜ה (šê·rê·ḇə·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8274: Sherebiah -- 'Yah has sent burning heat', an Israelite name

and Jeshua
וְיֵשׁ֤וּעַ (wə·yê·šū·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3442: Jeshua

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Kadmiel,
קַדְמִיאֵל֙ (qaḏ·mî·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6934: Kadmiel -- 'God is the ancient one', a Levite name

along with their associates,
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֣ם (wa·’ă·ḥê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

[who stood] across from them
לְנֶגְדָּ֔ם (lə·neḡ·dām)
Preposition-l | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

to give praise
לְהַלֵּ֣ל (lə·hal·lêl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1984: To shine

and thanksgiving
לְהוֹד֔וֹת (lə·hō·w·ḏō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan

as one section
מִשְׁמָ֖ר (miš·mār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4929: Place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance

alternated with
לְעֻמַּ֥ת (lə·‘um·maṯ)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 5980: Society, near, beside, along with

the other,
מִשְׁמָֽר׃ (miš·mār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4929: Place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance

as prescribed
בְּמִצְוַ֖ת (bə·miṣ·waṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment

by David
דָּוִ֣יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

the man
אִישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of God.
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

And the heads of the Levites were Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.

And the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward against ward.

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, are over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge over-against charge.
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