Nehemiah 12:27-29

Expanded Bible

The Wall of Jerusalem

²⁷ When the wall of Jerusalem was ·offered as a gift to God [^Ldedicated], they asked the Levites to come from wherever they lived to Jerusalem to celebrate with joy the ·gift of the wall [^Ldedication]. They were to celebrate with ·songs [hymns] of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres. ²⁸ They also brought together ·singers [^Lsons of singers] from all around Jerusalem, from the Netophathite ·villages [settlements], ²⁹ from Beth Gilgal, and from the areas of Geba and Azmaveth. The singers had built ·villages [settlements] for themselves around Jerusalem.