And the priests and the Levites purified themselves By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by sprinkling the water of purification on them, see ( Numbers 8:6Numbers 8:7Numbers 8:21 ) ( 19:9 ) .
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The {singers} were gathered from the circuit all around Jerusalem and from the villages of Netophathite,
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from Beth Gilgal, from the field of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers built for themselves villages all around Jerusalem.
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And the priests and the Levites purified themselves and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
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Then I brought the commanders of Judah up on to the wall. I appointed two great choirs; [one went in] a procession to the right on the wall to the Dung Gate.
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After them went Hoshaiah, half of the commanders of Judah,
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