Context 40Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me; 41and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah, with the trumpets; 42and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah their leader, 43and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. 44On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served. 45For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon. 46For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. 47So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionSo stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Douay-Rheims Bible And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of God, and I and the half of the magistrates with me. Darby Bible Translation And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me; English Revised Version 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: Webster's Bible Translation 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: World English Bible So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Young's Literal Translation And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me, Library The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of his PeopleLAST Sabbath day in the morning I spoke of the birth of our Saviour as being full of joy to the people of God, and, indeed, to all nations. We then looked at the joy from a distance; we will now in contemplation draw nearer to it, and perhaps as we consider it, and remark the multiplied reasons for its existence, some of those reasons may operate upon our own hearts, and we may go out of this house of prayer ourselves partakers of the exceeding great joy. We shall count it to have been a successful … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871 The Girdle of the City. Nehemiah 3 Ezra-Nehemiah Links Nehemiah 12:40 NIV • Nehemiah 12:40 NLT • Nehemiah 12:40 ESV • Nehemiah 12:40 NASB • Nehemiah 12:40 KJV • Nehemiah 12:40 Bible Apps • Nehemiah 12:40 Parallel • Bible Hub |