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 assembled, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
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Also from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.
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And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [of which one] went on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate:
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And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,