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What does Nehemiah 12:30 mean?
"The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall."
— Nehemiah 12:30 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Then I brought up the princes of Judah 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;
and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
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