Verse 1
Nehemiah 12:1
New Living Translation
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Here is the list of the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the high priest: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָל֛וּ עִם זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל בֶּן שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֖ל וְ/יֵשׁ֑וּעַ שְׂרָיָ֥ה יִרְמְיָ֖ה עֶזְרָֽא
English Translation
And these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Yeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra.
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Chapter 12 Context
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Here is the list of the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua...
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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,<br>
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Shecaniah, Harim, Meremoth,<br>
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Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,<br>
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Miniamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,<br>
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Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,<br>
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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.<br> These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in...
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The Levites who returned with them were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, wh...
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Their associates, Bakbukiah and Unni, stood opposite them during the service.
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Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim.<br>Joiakim was the father of Eliashib.<br>Eliashib...
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Joiada was the father of Johanan.<br>Johanan was the father of Jaddua.<br>
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Now when Joiakim was high priest, the family leaders of the priests were as follows: Meraiah was lea...
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Meshullam was leader of the family of Ezra.<br>Jehohanan was leader of the family of Amariah.<br>
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Jonathan was leader of the family of Malluch.<br>Joseph was leader of the family of Shecaniah.<br>
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Adna was leader of the family of Harim.<br>Helkai was leader of the family of Meremoth.<br>
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Zechariah was leader of the family of Iddo.<br>Meshullam was leader of the family of Ginnethon.<br>
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Zicri was leader of the family of Abijah.<br>There was also a leader of the family of Miniamin.<br>P...
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Shammua was leader of the family of Bilgah.<br>Jehonathan was leader of the family of Shemaiah.<br>
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Mattenai was leader of the family of Joiarib.<br>Uzzi was leader of the family of Jedaiah.<br>
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Kallai was leader of the family of Sallu.<br>Eber was leader of the family of Amok.<br>
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Hashabiah was leader of the family of Hilkiah.<br>Nethanel was leader of the family of Jedaiah.<br>
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A record of the Levite families was kept during the years when Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua...
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A record of the heads of the Levite families was kept in <i>The Book of History</i> down to the days...
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These were the family leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, and oth...
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This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers i...
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These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jehozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah...
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For the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come...
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The singers were brought together from the region around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Neto...
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They also came from Beth-gilgal and the rural areas near Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had buil...
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The priests and Levites first purified themselves; then they purified the people, the gates, and the...
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I led the leaders of Judah to the top of the wall and organized two large choirs to give thanks. One...
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Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,
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along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
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Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.
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Then came some priests who played trumpets, including Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, so...
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And Zechariah’s colleagues were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanan...
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At the Fountain Gate they went straight up the steps on the ascent of the city wall toward the City...
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The second choir giving thanks went northward around the other way to meet them. I followed them, to...
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then past the Ephraim Gate to the Old City Gate, past the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel, and on...
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The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God (Elohim), where they took...
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We went together with the trumpet-playing priests — Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai,...
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and the singers — Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. They playe...
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Many sacrifices were offered on that joyous day, for God (Elohim) had given the people cause for gre...
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On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the offerings, the first part o...
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They performed the service of their God (Elohim) and the service of purification, as commanded by Da...
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The custom of having choir directors to lead the choirs in hymns of praise and thanksgiving to God (...
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So now, in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel brought a daily supply of food for the...
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