Nehemiah 12:28

28 The trained singers assembled together from the area around Yerushalayim, the villages of the N'tofati,

Nehemiah 12:28 In-Context

26 This was in the days of Yoyakim the son of Yeshua, the son of Yotzadak, and in the days of Nechemyah the governor and of 'Ezra the cohen and Torah-teacher.
27 At the dedication of the wall of Yerushalayim, they sought out the L'vi'im from wherever they had settled to bring them to Yerushalayim and celebrate the dedication with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs accompanied by cymbals, lutes and lyres.
28 The trained singers assembled together from the area around Yerushalayim, the villages of the N'tofati,
29 Beit-Gilgal and the region of Geva and 'Azmavet; for the singers had built villages for themselves all around Yerushalayim.
30 The cohanim and L'vi'im first purified themselves; then they purified the people, the gates and the wall;
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