25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates.
26 These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah athe governor, and of Ezra the priest, bthe scribe.
Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall
27 Now at athe dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, bboth with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.
28 And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the avillages of the Netophathites,
29 from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.
30 Then the priests and Levites apurified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. aOne went to the right hand on the wall btoward the Refuse Gate.
32 After them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,
33 and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
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Interlinear Bible for Nehemiah 12:27:
chanukkah (#2598)
chowmah (#2346)
Yruwshalaim (#3389)
baqash (#1245)
'eth (#853)
Leviyiy (#3881)
min (#4480)
maqowm (#4725)
bow' (#935)
Yruwshalaim (#3389)
`asah (#6213)
chanukkah (#2598)
simchah (#8057)
towdah (#8426)
shiyr (#7892)
mtseleth (#4700)
nebel (#5035)
kinnowr (#3658)
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