Nehemiah 12:29-31

New English Translation

²⁹ and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem. ³⁰ When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

³¹ I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed^[a] on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.