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Nehemiah 12:34-36
New English Translation
Nehemiah 12:34-36
New English Translation
34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, 35 some of the priests[a] with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, 36 and his colleagues—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with musical instruments of[b] David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.)[c]
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- Nehemiah 12:35 tn Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”
- Nehemiah 12:36 tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.
- Nehemiah 12:36 tn Heb “was before them.”
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