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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The singers assembled from all around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
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from Beth Gilgal, from the farms at Geba and Azmaveth - the singers had built villages for themselves all around Jerusalem.
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The priests and Levites ceremonially purified themselves; then they did the same for the people, the gates, and the wall.
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I had the leaders of Judah come up on the wall, and I appointed two large choirs. One proceeded on the wall to the right toward the Dung Gate.
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Hashaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,
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