Bible verse
After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 12:30 · BSB
The verses around it, from Nehemiah 12.
26 They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
28 The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
29 from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
30 After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.
32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,
33 along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
KJV
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
ASV
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
ERV
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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