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1 And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up  with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Seraiah,  Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the  priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8 And the Levites [are] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,  Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his  brethren,
9 and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [are] over-against  them in charges.
10 And Jeshua hath begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim hath  begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada,
11 and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath  begotten Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the  fathers; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
22 The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan,  and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests,  in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.
23 Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the  book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of  Eliashib;
24 and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua  son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, [are] over-against them, to  give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of  God, charge over-against charge.
25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon,  Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of  the gates.
26 These [are] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of  Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the  priest, the scribe.
27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought  the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to  Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with  thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and  with harps;
28 and sons of the singers are gathered together even from  the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of  Netophathi,
29 and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and  Azmaveth, for villages have the singers built for themselves  round about Jerusalem;
30 and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they  cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31 And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and  appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At  the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate;
32 and after them goeth Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of  Judah,
33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;
35 and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah  son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of  Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,
36 and his brethren Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai,  Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of  David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe [is] before them;
37 and by the gate of the fountain and over-against them,  they have gone up by the steps of the city of David, at the  going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and unto the  water-gate eastward.
38 And the second thanksgiving company that is going  over-against, and I after it, and half of the people on the  wall from beyond the tower of the furnaces and unto the broad  wall,
39 and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate,  and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower  of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate -- and they have stood at the  prison-gate.
40 And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of  God, and I and half of the prefects with me,
41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,  Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,
42 and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and  Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers  sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;
43 and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and  rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice [with] great joy, and  also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of  Jerusalem is heard -- unto a distance.
44 And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers  for treasures, for heave-offerings, for first-fruits, and for  tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the  portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy  of Judah [is] over the priests, and over the Levites, who are  standing up.
45 And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of  their God, even the charge of the cleansing -- according to the  command of David [and] Solomon his son,
46 for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of  the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days  of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the  gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are  sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to  the sons of Aaron.