Nehemiah 12:28-30

The Message

Dedication of the Wall

^27-29 When it came time for the dedication of the wall, they tracked down and brought in the Levites from all their homes in Jerusalem to carry out the dedication with exuberance: thanksgiving hymns, songs, cymbals, harps, and lutes. The singers assembled from all around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, from Beth Gilgal, from the farms at Geba and Azmaveth—the singers had built villages for themselves all around Jerusalem.

³⁰ The priests and Levites ceremonially purified themselves; then they did the same for the people, the gates, and the wall.