Nehemiah 12:40

12:40 Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations ¹  in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,

Nehemiah 12:45

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 ²  his son Solomon.

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¹ tn Heb “stood.”

² 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.