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Nehemiah 11:13-23 Modern English Version (MEV)

13. plus his relatives who were chiefs of the fathers’ houses were two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

14. and their brothers, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

15. From the Levites there were:Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

16. plus Shabbethai and Jozabad, who as leaders of the Levites had oversight of the outside work of the house of God.

17. Mattaniah the son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the first to begin the thanksgiving at prayer, Bakbukiah was the second out of his relatives, and then Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18. All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

19. Moreover, the gatekeepers,Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.

20. The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Le­vites were in all the cities of Judah, every one tending to his own inheritance.

21. But the temple servants lived in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them.

22. The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mika. Some of the sons of Asaph were the singers attending to the work of the house of God,

23. for the king’s regulation about them made their unity a daily issue.

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