And the priests and the Levites purified themselves By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by sprinkling the water of purification on them, see ( Numbers 8:6Numbers 8:7Numbers 8:21 ) ( 19:9 ) .
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So the groups of singers came together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the villages of Netophah,
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from Beth Gilgal, and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth. The singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
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The priests and the Levites cleansed themselves. Then they cleansed the people, the gates, and the wall.
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Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on the wall, and I arranged two large choirs to give thanks and march in procession. One choir went to the right on the wall to Dung Gate.
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Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed them.