Nehemiah 12:27-29

GOD’S WORD Translation

Jerusalem’s Walls Are Dedicated to God

²⁷ When the wall of Jerusalem was going to be dedicated, they went to wherever the Levites lived and had them come to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with hymns of thanksgiving, with songs and cymbals, and with harps and lyres. ²⁸ So the groups of singers came together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the villages of Netophah, ²⁹ from Beth Gilgal, and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth. The singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.