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The Priestly Genealogies and the Acoustic Dedication of the Wall
Now these are the priests and the Lawiytes that went up with Zarubbabal the son of Shealtiyel, and Yahushua: Serayahu, Yirmeyahu, Ezra,
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Amaryahu, Malluuk, Chattush,
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Shakanyahu, Rechuwm, Maramoth,
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Iddaw, Ginnethoy, Abiyahu,
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Miyamiyn, Maadyahu, Bilgah,
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Shamayahu, and Yahuyariyb, Yedayahu,
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Sallu, Amoq, Chilqiyahu, Yedayahu. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Yahushua.
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The Lawiytes of the Thanksgiving
Moreover the Lawiytes: Yahushua, Binnuy, Kadmiyel, Sharabyahu, Yahudah, and Mattanyahu, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
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Also Baqbuqyahu and Unniy, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
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The Succession of the High Priests
And Yahushua begat Yahyaqim, Yahyaqim also begat Elyashiyb, and Elyashiyb begat Yahuyada,
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And Yahuyada begat Yahunathan, and Yahunathan begat Yaddua.
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The Priests in the Days of Yahyaqim
And in the days of Yahyaqim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Serayahu, Merayahu; of Yirmeyahu, Chananyahu;
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Of Ezra, Mashullam; of Amaryahu, Yahuchanan;
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Of Meliku, Yahunathan; of Shebanyahu, Yusaph;
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Of Chariym, Adna; of Merayoth, Chelqay;
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Of Iddaw, Zekaryahu; of Ginnethown, Mashullam;
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Of Abiyahu, Zikriy; of Miniyamiyn, of Mowadyahu, Piltay;
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Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shamayahu, Yahunathan;
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And of Yahuyariyb, Mattenay; of Yedayahu, Uzziy;
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Of Sallay, Qallay; of Amoq, Abar;
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Of Chilqiyahu, Chashabyahu; of Yedayahu, Nethanel.
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The Chronicles of the Lawiytes
The Lawiytes in the days of Elyashiyb, Yahuyada, and Yahuchanan, and Yaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Daryawesh the Persian.
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The sons of Lawiy, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Yahuchanan the son of Elyashiyb.
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And the chief of the Lawiytes: Chashabyahu, Sharabyahu, and Yahushua the son of Kadmiyel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of Dawid the man of Alahiym, ward over against ward.
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Mattanyahu, and Baqbuqyahu, Abadyahu, Mashullam, Talmon, Aqquwb, were gatekeepers keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
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These were in the days of Yahyaqim the son of Yahushua, the son of Yozadaq, and in the days of Nachamayahu the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
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The Preparation for the Dedication
And at the dedication of the wall of Yarushalayim they sought the Lawiytes out of all their places, to bring them to Yarushalayim, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
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And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Yarushalayim, and from the villages of Netophathi;
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Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaweth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Yarushalayim.
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The Purification of the Perimeter
And the priests and the Lawiytes purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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The Two Great Choirs: The Procession of Yahudah
Then I brought up the princes of Yahudah 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:
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And after them went Hoshayahu, and half of the princes of Yahudah,
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And Azaryahu, Ezra, and Mashullam,
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Yahudah, and Binyamiyn, and Shamayahu, and Yirmeyahu,
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And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zekaryahu the son of Yahunathan, the son of Shamayahu, the son of Mattanyahu, the son of Miykayahu, the son of Zakuwr, the son of Asaph:
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And his brethren, Shamayahu, and Azarel, Milalay, Gilalay, Maay, Nethanel, and Yahudah, Chananiy, with the musical instruments of Dawid the man of Alahiym, and Ezra the scribe before them.
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And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of Dawid, at the going up of the wall, above the house of Dawid, even unto the water gate eastward.
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The Second Company of Thanksgiving
And 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;
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And from above the gate of Ephrayim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Chananel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
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The Convergence in the House of Alahiym
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of Alahiym, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
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And the priests; Elyaqim, Maaseyahu, Miniyamiyn, Miykayahu, Elyoenay, Zekaryahu, and Chananyahu, with trumpets;
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And Maaseyahu, and Shamayahu, and Elazar, and Uzziy, and Yahuchanan, and Malkiyahu, and Eylam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Yizrachiyahu their overseer.
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Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for Alahiym had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Yarushalayim was heard even afar off.
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The Appointment of the Storehouse Officers
And 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 Turah for the priests and Lawiytes: for Yahudah rejoiced for the priests and for the Lawiytes that waited.
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And both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the ward of their Alahiym, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of Dawid, and of Shalumah his son.
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For in the days of Dawid and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto Alahiym.
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And all Yashar'al in the days of Zarubbabal, and in the days of Nachamayahu, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Lawiytes; and the Lawiytes sanctified them unto the children of Aharon.