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| 1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, | 1These are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, |
| 2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, | 2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, |
| 3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, | 3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, |
| 4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, | 4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, |
| 5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, | 5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, |
| 6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, | 6Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, |
| 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. | 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua. |
| 8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. | 8The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah-- he and his relatives were in charge of the praise songs. |
| 9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. | 9Bakbukiah, Unni, and their relatives stood opposite them in the services. |
| 10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, | 10Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, Eliashib fathered Joiada, |
| 11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. | 11Joiada fathered Jonathan, and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. |
| 12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; | 12In the days of Joiakim, the leaders of the priestly families were: Meraiah of Seraiah, Hananiah of Jeremiah, |
| 13Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; | 13Meshullam of Ezra, Jehohanan of Amariah, |
| 14Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; | 14Jonathan of Malluchi, Joseph of Shebaniah, |
| 15Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; | 15Adna of Harim, Helkai of Meraioth, |
| 16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; | 16Zechariah of Iddo, Meshullam of Ginnethon, |
| 17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; | 17Zichri of Abijah, Piltai of Moadiah, of Miniamin, |
| 18Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; | 18Shammua of Bilgah, Jehonathan of Shemaiah, |
| 19And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; | 19Mattenai of Joiarib, Uzzi of Jedaiah, |
| 20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; | 20Kallai of Sallai, Eber of Amok, |
| 21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. | 21Hashabiah of Hilkiah, and Nethanel of Jedaiah. |
| 22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. | 22In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the leaders of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded while Darius the Persian ruled. |
| 23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. | 23Levi's descendants, the leaders of families, were recorded in the Book of the Historical Records during the days of Johanan son of Eliashib. |
| 24And 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. | 24The leaders of the Levites--Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them--gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed. |
| 25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. | 25This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates. |
| 26These were 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, the scribe. | 26These served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe. |
| 27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. | 27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. |
| 28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; | 28The singers gathered from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, |
| 29Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. | 29from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. |
| 30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. | 30After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall. |
| 31Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: | 31Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large processions that gave thanks. One went to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate. |
| 32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, | 32Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed, |
| 33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, | 33along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, |
| 34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, | 34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, |
| 35And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: | 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 followed |
| 36And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. | 36as well as his relatives--Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe went in front of them. |
| 37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. | 37At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the city of David on the ascent of the wall and went above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. |
| 38And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; | 38The second thanksgiving procession went to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad 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 unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. | 39above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard. |
| 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: | 40The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me, |
| 41And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; | 41as well as the priests: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; |
| 42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. | 42and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the singers sang, with Jezrahiah as the leader. |
| 43Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. | 43On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem's rejoicing was heard far away. |
| 44And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. | 44On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths. The legally required portions for the priests and Levites were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving. |
| 45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. | 45They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed. |
| 46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. | 46For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. |
| 47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. | 47So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron. |
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