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Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah 12 begins with records of priests and Levites, then turns to the joyful dedication of Jerusalem’s wall. Two great thanksgiving companies process along the wall in opposite directions and meet at the house of God. The chapter closes with arrangements to support priests and Levites through the required offerings.

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Verses 1–9Priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua are listed Verses 10–26The high-priestly succession and later priestly and Levitical leaders are recorded Verses 27–30Levites and singers gather and purify themselves for the dedication of the wall Verses 31–43Two great companies give thanks on the wall, and Jerusalem rejoices greatly Verses 44–47Storehouses and temple service are organized for priests, Levites, singers, and gatekeepers

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1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went…2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the…8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah,…9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them…10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib…11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief…13Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;14Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;15Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;18Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;19And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan,…23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were…24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua…25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping…26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of…27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they…28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both…29Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the…30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified…31Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the…32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes…33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,35And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah…36And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel,…37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them,…38And the other company of them that gave thanks went…39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the…40So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks…41And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and…42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan,…43Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for…44And at that time were some appointed over the chambers…45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward…46For in the days of David and Asaph of old…47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in…