Nehemiah 12:36

Verse 36 of 47. The 12th of 13 chapters in Nehemiah, in History.

32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

35And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

36And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

38And 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;

39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

40So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

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and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
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Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:36

This purification was performed, it is probable, by sprinkling the water of purifying (or of separation, as it is called, Num. xix. 9) on themselves and the people, the walls and the gates—a type of the blood of Christ, with which our consciences being purged from dead works, we become fit to serve the living God (Heb. ix. 14) and to be his care. (2.) The princes, priests, and Levites, walked round upon the wall in two companies, with musical…

Read Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:27–43: The Dedication of the Wall. (b. c. 444.)

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