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Nehemiah 12:31

Dung Gate
Praise and worship

29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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BSB
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.
KJV
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
WEB
Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
ASV
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
DARBY
And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.
BLB
[Then] I brought up the leaders of Judah upon the wall, and I made stand two great thanksgiving groups, and one went to the south upon the wall toward the Gate of the Dunghill.
ÅB
Da lot jeg Judas høvdinger stige opp på muren, og jeg oppstilte to store lovsangskor og festtog; det ene gikk til høyre ovenpå muren fram til Møkkporten;
OTB
Så fikk jeg lederne av Juda til å gå opp på toppen av muren, og jeg utnevnte to store kor for å gi takk. Det ene skulle gå til høyre på toppen av muren mot Møkkporten.
B1930
Da lot jeg Judas høvdinger stige op på muren, og jeg opstilte to store lovsangskor og festtog; det ene gikk til høire ovenpå muren frem til Møkkporten;

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  • Nehemiah 2:13

    And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

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  • Nehemiah 12:38

    And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:2

    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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  • Nehemiah 3:13–14

    The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

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  • Nehemiah 12:40

    So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:1

    And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:1

    And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

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