42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers [a]sang, with Jezrahiah their leader, 43 and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because (A)God had given them great joy, and the women and children rejoiced as well, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from far away.

44 On that day (B)men were also appointed over the chambers for the supplies, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who [b]served.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:42 Lit made themselves heard
  2. Nehemiah 12:44 Lit stood

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