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Register of Priests and Levites

Nehemiah 12:1-26

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Chapter 12
1 These are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra. 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hatush. 3 Shecaniah, son of Meremoth. 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi his father. 5 Moadiah, Bilgah. 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah. 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua. 8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving offerings—he and his brothers. 9 Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in the observances. 10 And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada. 11 Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 12 In the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of the fathers: for Seraiah, Moriah; for Jeremiah, Hananiah. 13 To Ezra, Meshullam; to Amariah, Jehohanan. 14 to Malchijah, to Jonathan, to Shebaniah, Joseph 15 to Herem, Adna, to Meraioth, my portion. 16 to Adai, Zechariah; to Ginnethon, Meshullam. 17 to Abijah, the son of Zaccur; to Miniamin, the son of Moadi; Pethahiah. 18 To Bilgah, Shammua; to Shemaiah, Jonathan. 19 and to Joiarib, Mattenai; to Jedaiah, Uzzi. 20 to Sallai, Kallai; to his brother, Amok. 21 to Hilkiah, Hashabiah; to Jedaiah, Nethanel. 22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and it was known and written by the heads of the fathers and the priests over the kingdom of Darius the Persian. 23 The heads of the fathers of the Levites are written in the book of the words of the days until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib. 24 And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch opposite watch. 25 Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, the gatekeepers who kept watch in the gates at the assemblies. 26 These were in the days of Joiakim son of Joshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.