NEHEMIAH CH 12A Priestly Heads and Levites

sung byzantine thanksgiving hymn, cymbals harps lyres, 96 bpm, 4/4, ‑noise, ‑reverberation, ‑talking, ‑yelling, ‑spoken word

[Instrumental]

[Verse]
The following are the priests
and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel,
son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:
Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.
These were the priestly heads
and their kinsmen
in the days of Jeshua.

[Chorus]
Their kinsmen who stood opposite them
to sing praises and thanksgiving
in fulfillment of the command of David,
the man of God,
one section opposite the other,

[Instrumental]

[Verse]
The Levites were Jeshua,
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
Mattaniah, who, together with his kinsmen,
was in charge of the thanksgiving hymns,
while Bakbukiah and Unno
and their kinsmen ministered
opposite them by turns.
Jeshua became the father of Joiakim,
Joiakim the father of Eliashib,
and Eliashib the father of Joiada;
Joiada the father of Johanan,
and Johanan the father of Jaddua.

[Chorus]
Their kinsmen who stood opposite them
to sing praises and thanksgiving
in fulfillment of the command of David,
the man of God,
one section opposite the other,

[Instrumental]

[Verse]
In the days of Joiakim these were
the priestly family heads:
for Seraiah, Meraiah;
for Jeremiah, Hananiah;
for Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan;
for Malluchi, Jonathan; for Shebaniah, Joseph;
for Harim, Adna; for Meremoth, Helkai;
for Iddo, Zechariah; for Ginnethon, Meshullam;
for Abijah, Zichri; for Miamin,…; for Moadiah, Piltai;
for Bilgah, Shammua; for Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
and for Joiarib, Mattenai; for Jedaiah, Uzzi;
for Sallu, Kallai; for Amok, Eber;
for Hilkiah, Hashabiah; for Jedaiah, Nethanel.
In the time of Eliashib,
Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua,
the heads of ancestral houses of the priests
were written down
in the Book of Chronicles,
up until the reign of Darius the Persian.
The sons of Levi:
the family heads were written down
in the Book of Chronicles,
up until the time of Johanan,
the son of Eliashib.
The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah,
Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel.

[Chorus]
Their kinsmen who stood opposite them
to sing praises and thanksgiving
in fulfillment of the command of David,
the man of God,
one section opposite the other,

[Instrumental]

[Verse]
were Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah.
Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers.
They guarded the storerooms at the gates.
All these lived in the time of Joiakim,
son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak
(and in the time of Nehemiah the governor
and of Ezra the priest-scribe).

[Chorus]
Their kinsmen who stood opposite them
to sing praises and thanksgiving
in fulfillment of the command of David,
the man of God,
one section opposite the other,

[Instrumental]

[End]

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[Instrumental] [Verse] The following are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the priestly heads and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua. [Chorus] Their kinsmen who stood opposite them to sing praises and thanksgiving in fulfillment of the command of David, the man of God, one section opposite the other, [Instrumental] [Verse] The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, who, together with his kinsmen, was in charge of the thanksgiving hymns, while Bakbukiah and Unno and their kinsmen ministered opposite them by turns. Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib the father of Joiada; Joiada the father of Johanan, and Johanan the father of Jaddua. [Chorus] Their kinsmen who stood opposite them to sing praises and thanksgiving in fulfillment of the command of David, the man of God, one section opposite the other, [Instrumental] [Verse] In the days of Joiakim these were the priestly family heads: for Seraiah, Meraiah; for Jeremiah, Hananiah; for Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan; for Malluchi, Jonathan; for Shebaniah, Joseph; for Harim, Adna; for Meremoth, Helkai; for Iddo, Zechariah; for Ginnethon, Meshullam; for Abijah, Zichri; for Miamin,…; for Moadiah, Piltai; for Bilgah, Shammua; for Shemaiah, Jehonathan; and for Joiarib, Mattenai; for Jedaiah, Uzzi; for Sallu, Kallai; for Amok, Eber; for Hilkiah, Hashabiah; for Jedaiah, Nethanel. In the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of ancestral houses of the priests were written down in the Book of Chronicles, up until the reign of Darius the Persian. The sons of Levi: the family heads were written down in the Book of Chronicles, up until the time of Johanan, the son of Eliashib. The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel. [Chorus] Their kinsmen who stood opposite them to sing praises and thanksgiving in fulfillment of the command of David, the man of God, one section opposite the other, [Instrumental] [Verse] were Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers. They guarded the storerooms at the gates. All these lived in the time of Joiakim, son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak (and in the time of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest-scribe). [Chorus] Their kinsmen who stood opposite them to sing praises and thanksgiving in fulfillment of the command of David, the man of God, one section opposite the other, [Instrumental] [End]

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