Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, [a]one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they [b]fortified Jerusalem as far as the (A)Broad Wall.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:8 Lit. the son
  2. Nehemiah 3:8 restored

38 (A)The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the (B)Tower of the Ovens as far as (C)the Broad Wall,

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31 After him Malchijah, [a]one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the [b]Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner. 32 And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the (A)Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:31 Lit. a son of the goldsmiths
  2. Nehemiah 3:31 Lit. Inspection or Recruiting

(A)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a (B)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.

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Wisdom and Folly

10 Dead[a] flies [b]putrefy the perfumer’s ointment,
And cause it to give off a foul odor;
So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:1 Lit. Flies of death
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:1 Tg., Vg. omit putrefy

25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be (A)a holy anointing oil.

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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to (A)embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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