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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And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
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from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.
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Then the priests and Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
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So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the Refuse Gate.
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After them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,