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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They also brought together singers from all around Jerusalem, from the Netophathite villages,
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from Beth Gilgal, and from the areas of Geba and Azmaveth. The singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
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The priests and Levites made themselves pure, and they also made the people, the gates, and the wall of Jerusalem pure.
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I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choruses to give thanks. One chorus went to the right on top of the wall, toward the Trash Gate.
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Behind them went Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah.