30. The priests and Levites made themselves pure. They also made the people, the gates and the wall of Jerusalem pure.
31. I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall. I appointed two large choruses to give thanks. One chorus went to the right on top of the wall. This was toward the Trash Gate.
32. Behind them went Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah.
33. Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
34. Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah and Jeremiah also went.
35. Some priests with trumpets also went, along with Zechariah son of Jonathan. (Jonathan was the son of Shemaiah, who was the son of Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Micaiah, who was the son of Zaccur. Zaccur was the son of Asaph.)
36. Zechariah’s relatives also went. They were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani. These men played the musical instruments of David, the man of God. Ezra the teacher walked in front of them.
37. They went from the Fountain Gate straight up the steps to the older part of the city. They went on to the slope of the wall. They went above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.