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Dedication of the Wall. 27 [a]At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out wherever they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate a joyful dedication with thanksgiving hymns and the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:27–43 The dedication of the wall of Jerusalem took place, no doubt, soon after the restoration of the wall and its gates had been completed. This section, therefore, is best read after Neh 6:15.

38 See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when the city shall be rebuilt as the Lord’s,(A) from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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