38 (A)The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the (B)Tower of the Ovens as far as (C)the Broad Wall, 39 (D)and above the Gate of Ephraim, above (E)the Old Gate, above (F)the Fish Gate, (G)the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of [a]the Hundred, as far as (H)the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by (I)the Gate of the Prison.

40 So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;

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  1. Nehemiah 12:39 Heb. Hammeah

38 The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of[a] the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens(A) to the Broad Wall,(B) 39 over the Gate of Ephraim,(C) the Jeshanah[b] Gate,(D) the Fish Gate,(E) the Tower of Hananel(F) and the Tower of the Hundred,(G) as far as the Sheep Gate.(H) At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

40 The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:38 Or them alongside
  2. Nehemiah 12:39 Or Old