Nehemiah 12:40

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The two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me.

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  • Neh 12:31-32 : 31 I appointed the leaders of Judah to go up on the wall, and I appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went in procession to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate. 32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
  • Ps 47:6-9 : 6 God has ascended with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 7 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! 8 For God is the King over all the earth; sing praises with understanding. 9 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
  • Ps 134:1-3 : 1 A Song of Ascents: Look, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand in the house of the LORD during the night. 2 Lift up your hands in holiness and bless the LORD. 3 May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

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  • Neh 12:36-39
    4 verses
    84%

    36 and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led them.

    37 At the Fountain Gate, they went straight up the stairs of the City of David, on the ascent to the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.

    38 The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed them with half the people on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

    39 and above the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, and as far as the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

  • Neh 12:30-34
    5 verses
    80%

    30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

    31 I appointed the leaders of Judah to go up on the wall, and I appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went in procession to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate.

    32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,

    33 along with Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

    34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.

  • Neh 12:41-42
    2 verses
    78%

    41 And the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—were with the trumpets.

    42 Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer also joined in, while the singers sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah, their overseer.

  • Neh 4:16
    75%

    16 At that time, I also said to the people, 'Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can be our guard by night and work by day.'

  • Neh 12:44-46
    3 verses
    74%

    44 On that day, men were appointed to oversee the storerooms for contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. They gathered the portions assigned for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who stood in service.

    45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as commanded by David and Solomon his son.

    46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

  • Neh 12:24
    73%

    24 The leaders of the Levites were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, as prescribed by David, the man of God, alternating duty by duty.

  • Neh 13:11
    73%

    11 So I rebuked the officials and asked, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.

  • Neh 12:8
    73%

    8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

  • Neh 12:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest, the scribe.

    27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgiving and with singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

  • Ezra 8:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.

    25 I weighed out to them the silver, gold, and articles—the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his officials, and all the Israelites who were present had donated.

  • Neh 7:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 When the wall was completed and I had set up the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

    2 I put my brother Hanani and Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most people.

  • Ezra 7:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

    28 And who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. I was strengthened because the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.

  • Neh 9:4
    72%

    4 Standing on the platform of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

  • Neh 8:4
    72%

    4 Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform made for this purpose. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

  • Ps 135:2
    71%

    2 You who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!

  • Ezra 1:5
    71%

    5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—rose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 13:5
    71%

    5 He had provided Tobiah with a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, incense, temple articles, tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were prescribed for the Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    71%

    12 These divisions of the gatekeepers were assigned to the leading men to have responsibilities beside their brothers, to serve in the house of the LORD.

  • Neh 2:18
    71%

    18 I told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us arise and build!" So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

  • Ezra 2:70
    71%

    70 The priests, the Levites, the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with all the rest of Israel in their towns.

  • Ezra 8:36
    70%

    36 They also delivered the king’s decrees to the royal satraps and governors of the region beyond the River. These officials supported the people and the house of God.

  • Neh 11:2
    70%

    2 The people praised all those who willingly volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 2:16
    70%

    16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or any others who would be doing the work.

  • Neh 10:12
    70%

    12 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

  • Neh 6:10
    70%

    10 I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, for they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you."

  • Neh 2:8
    70%

    8 and may I have a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the royal forest, that he might give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress by the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy." And the king granted my requests, because the gracious hand of my God was on me.

  • Neh 13:30
    70%

    30 Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Neh 4:6
    70%

    6 So it happened that the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times, 'Wherever you turn, they will attack us!'

  • Neh 8:7
    70%

    7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—helped the people understand the Law as they stood in their places.

  • Neh 5:16
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    16 Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We did not acquire any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • Neh 13:13
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    13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and as their assistant, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing to their kinsmen.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    70%

    12 They would give the prepared money to the workers appointed to oversee the repairs to the temple of the LORD. They used it to pay the carpenters and builders working on the temple of the LORD,

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    70%

    40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), seventy-four.

  • Ezra 3:11
    70%

    11 With praise and thanksgiving, they sang to the LORD: 'He is good; his steadfast love endures forever for Israel.' And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.