Grant_Ailie_en_ult_neh_book/neh/12.json

{
  "1": "And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ",
  "2": "Amariah, Malluk, Hattush, ",
  "3": "Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,\n\\ts\\* ",
  "4": "Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, ",
  "5": "Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, ",
  "6": "Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah, ",
  "7": "Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "8": "And the Levites were: Jeshua; Binnui; Kadmiel; Sherebiah; Judah; Mattaniah, he and his brothers were over the thanksgiving songs; ",
  "9": "and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were opposite them in the service watches.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "10": "And Jeshua fathered Joiakim; and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and Eliashib, Joiada; ",
  "11": "and Joiada fathered Jonathan; and Jonathan fathered Jaddua.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "12": "And in the days of Joiakim priests were the heads of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; ",
  "13": "of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; ",
  "14": "of Malluk, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;\n\\f + \\fq Malluk \\ft or perhaps \\fqa Meliku \\ft (Hebrew Qere)\\f*\n\\ts\\* ",
  "15": "of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, 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": "of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;\n\\ts\\* ",
  "20": "of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; ",
  "21": "of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.\n\\p ",
  "22": "In the days of Eliashib, the Levites Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were written as heads of fathers: also the priests, during the reign of Darius the Persian.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "23": "The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers, were written in the book of the events of days even until the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib. ",
  "24": "And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, service watch by service watch, to praise and give thanks by the commandment of David, the man of God.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "25": "Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were guardians, gatekeepers, a guard at the storehouses of the gates. ",
  "26": "These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra, the priest, the scribe.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "27": "And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to perform the dedication with rejoicing, and with thanksgivings, and with song, cymbals, lyres, and harps. ",
  "28": "And the sons of the ones who sang gathered themselves, both from the circle around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophati, ",
  "29": "and from Beth-Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the ones who sang had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "30": "And the priests and the Levites purified themselves. And they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. ",
  "31": "And I caused the officials of Judah to go up on top of the wall. And I caused to stand two great thanksgiving groups, and processions to the right hand on top of the wall toward the gate of dung.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "32": "And after them went Hoshaiah with half of the officials of Judah, ",
  "33": "and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, ",
  "34": "Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "35": "And some from the sons of the priests had trumpets: Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; ",
  "36": "and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the instruments of song of David, the man of God. And Ezra the scribe was before their face. ",
  "37": "And by the gate of the spring and opposite them, they went up on the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall on top of the house of David and as far as the gate of water, east.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "38": "And the second thanksgiving group, the one proceeding to the opposite direction, and I after it, with half of the people on top of the wall, on top of the tower of ovens even as far as the broad wall, ",
  "39": "and on top of the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of old, and above the gate of fish and the tower of Hananel and the tower of the hundred, even as far as the gate of sheep: and they stood in the gate of the guard.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "40": "And the two thanksgiving groups stood at the house of God: also I, and half of the prefects with me; ",
  "41": "and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets; ",
  "42": "and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malkijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the ones who sang made themselves heard, with Jezrahiah the overseer. ",
  "43": "And on that day they sacrificed great sacrifices, and they rejoiced, for God had made them glad with great rejoicing. Yes, even the women and the children rejoiced, so the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard from far away.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "44": "And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the storehouses, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and for the Levites. For Judah rejoiced over the priests and over the Levites, the ones who were standing. ",
  "45": "And they kept the service watch of their God and the service watch of purification, also the ones who sang and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and Solomon his son.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "46": "For in the days of David and Asaph, from ancient time there was a head of the ones who sang, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.\n\\f + \\fq head \\ft or perhaps \\fqa heads \\ft (Hebrew Qere)\\f* ",
  "47": "And in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was giving the portions of the ones who sang and the gatekeepers, as a daily matter in its day. And they were consecrating for the Levites, and the Levites were consecrating for the sons of Aaron.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "front": "\\p "
}