Nehemiah 12:27-28

The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated

12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, 1  they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived 2  to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. 12:28 The singers 3  were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

Nehemiah 12:45-47

12:45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and 4  his son Solomon. 12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors 5  for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God. 12:47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. 6  They also set aside 7  the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

2 tn Heb “from all their places.” The words “they lived” are implied.

3 tn Heb “the sons of the singers.”

4 tc With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS.

5 tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (ro’shey, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head”) of the MT.

6 tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

7 tn Heb “were sanctifying.”