Verse 43
Nehemiah 12:43
Bible in Basic English
43
And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God (Elohim) had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּזְבְּח֣וּ בַ/יּוֹם הַ֠/הוּא זְבָחִ֨ים גְּדוֹלִ֜ים וַ/יִּשְׂמָ֗חוּ כִּ֤י הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙ שִׂמְּחָ/ם֙ שִׂמְחָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וְ/גַ֧ם הַ/נָּשִׁ֛ים וְ/הַ/יְלָדִ֖ים שָׂמֵ֑חוּ וַ/תִּשָּׁמַ֛ע שִׂמְחַ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מֵ/רָחֽוֹק
English Translation
And they sacrificed great sacrifices on that day, and they rejoiced because God had made them rejoice with great joy; also the women and the children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
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Chapter 12 Context
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Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jes...
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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
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Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
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Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the day...
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And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-ma...
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And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.
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And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the f...
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And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
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And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,...
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Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
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Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
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Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
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Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
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Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
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Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
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Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
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Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
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The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of famili...
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The sons of Levi, heads of families, were recorded in the book of the histories, even till the days...
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And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brot...
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Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at...
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These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemia...
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And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of a...
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And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the d...
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And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughte...
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And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorw...
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Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them w...
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And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the rulers of Judah,
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And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
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Judah and Benjamin and Shemaiah and Jeremiah,
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And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of S...
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And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the...
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And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the t...
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And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the pe...
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And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and t...
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So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God (Elohim), and...
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And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind...
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And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And th...
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And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God (Elohim) had made them glad with gr...
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And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were store...
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And they kept the watch of their God (Elohim), and were responsible for making things clean, and so...
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For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessi...
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And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the mus...
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