25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at (A)the storehouses of the gates.

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25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

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Then he who saw cried out:[a]
(A)“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
    continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
    whole nights.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion

And the lookout[a](A) shouted,

“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
    every night I stay at my post.

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  1. Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text A lion

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers was (A)in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite them (B)in the service.

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The Levites were Jeshua,(A) Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah,(B) who, together with his associates, was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them in the services.

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17 and (A)Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise,[a] who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in (B)the holy city were 284.

19 The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

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  1. Nehemiah 11:17 Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew beginning

17 Mattaniah(A) son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,(B) the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.(C) 18 The Levites in the holy city(D) totaled 284.

19 The gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

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15 Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted (A)the gatehouse.

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15 The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-Edom,(A) and the lot for the storehouse fell to his sons.

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12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.

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12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their leaders, had duties for ministering(A) in the temple of the Lord, just as their relatives had.

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32 Thus (A)they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the (B)service of the house of the Lord.

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32 And so the Levites(A) carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting,(B) for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.(C)

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14 (A)Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; 16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);

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14 Of the Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a Merarite; 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah(A) son of Mika, the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph; 16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.(B)

17 The gatekeepers:(C)

Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief

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