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Nehemiah 12:29

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also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.

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Nehemiah 12:29 in other translations

also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 12:29 · American Standard Version

Nehemiah 12:29 in context

  1. 27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
  2. 28The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
  3. 29also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
  4. 30The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
  5. 31Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;