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Next was Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade, who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the Broad Wall.[a]

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  1. 3:8 Or They fortified Jerusalem up to the Broad Wall.

Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section; and Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.(A)

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38 The second choir giving thanks went northward[a] around the other way to meet them. I followed them, together with the other half of the people, along the top of the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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  1. 12:38 Hebrew to the left.

38 The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of[a] the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens(A) to the Broad Wall,(B)

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  1. Nehemiah 12:38 Or them alongside

31 Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the wall as far as the housing for the Temple servants and merchants, across from the Inspection Gate. Then he continued as far as the upper room at the corner. 32 The other goldsmiths and merchants repaired the wall from that corner to the Sheep Gate.

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31 Next to him, Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the room above the corner; 32 and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate(A) the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

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Some people pour out their silver and gold
    and hire a craftsman to make a god from it.
    Then they bow down and worship it!

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Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(A) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.(B)

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10 As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink,
    so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.

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10 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
    so a little folly(A) outweighs wisdom and honor.

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25 Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil.

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25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer.(A) It will be the sacred anointing oil.(B)

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Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob[a] was embalmed.

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  1. 50:2 Hebrew Israel. See note on 35:21.

Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,(A)

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