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and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the leaders of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;
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and Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zabdi son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun.
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All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
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The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
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And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, all of them in their inheritance.
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