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Nehemiah 12:29-33-35 Good News Bible (GNB)

29. and from Bethgilgal, Geba, and Azmaveth.

30. The priests and the Levites performed ritual purification for themselves, the people, the gates, and the city wall.

31. I assembled the leaders of Judah on top of the wall and put them in charge of two large groups to march round the city, giving thanks to God.The first group went to the right on top of the wall towards the Rubbish Gate.

32. Hoshaiah marched behind the singers, followed by half the leaders of Judah.

33-35. The following priests, blowing trumpets, marched next: Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Next came Zechariah, the son of Jonathan and grandson of Shemaiah. (His ancestors also included Mattaniah, Micaiah, and Zaccur, of the clan of Asaph.)