English Standard Version

Nehemiah 12:28-30 English Standard Version (ESV)

28. And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;

29. also from Beth-gilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem.

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