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Nehemiah 7:1
“Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,”
Verse in context — Nehemiah 7
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Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
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that I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
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I said to them, "Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.
About Nehemiah
Rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls and restoring the community’s faith.
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