27 Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs1to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.
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So the sons of the singers were assembled from the districtaroundJerusalem, and from 2the villages of the Netophathites,
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from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villagesaroundJerusalem.
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The priests and the Levites3purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall.