27. When it was time for the dedication of Jerusalem’s wall, they sought out the Levites in all the places where they lived in order to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with joy, with thanks and singing, and with cymbals, harps, and lyres.
28. The singers also gathered together both from the region around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,
29. also from Beth-hagilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth, because the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
30. After the priests and the Levites purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31. Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and organized two large groups to give thanks. The first group went in procession on the wall toward the right, in the direction of the Dung Gate.
32. Following them went Hoshaiah and half the officials of Judah,
33. along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,