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Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.(A)

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38 The other company of those who gave thanks went to the left,[a] and I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,(A)

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  1. 12.38 Cn: Heb opposite

31 After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate,[a] and to the upper room of the corner.(A) 32 And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.(B)

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  1. 3.31 Or Hammiphkad Gate

Those who lavish gold from the purse
    and weigh out silver in the scales—
they hire a goldsmith, who makes it into a god;
    then they fall down and worship!(A)

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Miscellaneous Observations

10 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a foul odor;[a]
    so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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  1. 10.1 Gk Vg Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain

25 and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.(A)

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Joseph commanded the physicians in his service to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel;(A)

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