The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall,
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The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall,
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And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
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And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall;
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Passages linked to Nehemiah 12:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 3:8 Next to him, Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the wide wall.
- Nehemiah 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
- Nehemiah 12:31 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;
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Over against them, to wit, on the other side…
Over against them, to wit, on the other side of the city, northward and eastward.
The broad wall; which they made thicker and stronger than the rest of the wall, for some special reason.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priests,.... They stood there also, whose names…
And the priests,.... They stood there also, whose names follow:
Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; to sound on this occasion.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 38. The broad wall] What part this was,…
Verse 38. The broad wall] What part this was, we know not: it might have been a place designed for a public promenade, or a parade for assembling the troops or guard of the temple.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Watch-gate. Syriac and Arabic, "great gate," by which they…
Watch-gate. Syriac and Arabic, "great gate," by which they came down.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 38. The other… went over against — That is,…
38. The other… went over against — That is, on the opposite side of the city. As the first company went to the right, (Neh_12:31,) these went to the left, following the wall around, until both processions met near the water gate.
Tower of the furnaces… broad wall — See notes on Neh_3:8; Neh_3:11.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 38. over against them] R.V. to meet them. The…
38. over against them] R.V. to meet them. The line of march of the other procession was by the northern wall. By an ingenious conjecture, Reuss, altering the Hebrew word (= to meet them) by the addition of one consonant, proposes to read ‘on the left hand,’ balancing the words in Neh_12:31.
and I after them] Nehemiah, following the thanksgiving company of Levites and singers and musicians, marched, like Ezra, at the head of the other half of the princes and the people.
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and the half, &c.] R.V. with the half, &c. The other half of the princes, priests, men of Judah and Benjamin, and musicians.
from beyond] R.V. above. This seems to mean at a little distance from, i.e. to the north of (see, however, note on Neh_12:31).
the tower of the furnaces] Cf. Neh_3:11.
even unto the broad wall] Cf. Neh_3:8.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (38) The other company.—Comparing the order with Nehemiah 3,…
(38) The other company.—Comparing the order with Nehemiah 3, the reader will have a clear view of the second company. They had the longer route, proceed. ing to the left, rounding the north “broad wall,” passing the sheep-gate, and so meeting the priestly company near the prison-gate. The space where they met had the Temple straight in front, the prison-gate on the right, and the water-gate on the left.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 38, 39. And the other company. Nehemiah now…
Vers. 38, 39. And the other company. Nehemiah now proceeds to trace the course of the other choir or procession the one which he himself accompanied. Starting from the same part of the western wall as the other, its course was northward to the N.W. angle of the city wall, after which it was eastward to the "sheep gate, and then southward to the "prison gate." In this part of his description Nehemiah traces the same portion of the wall as that which had engaged his attention in Neh_3:1-11, and mentions almost exactly the same features, but in the reverse order. For the tower of the furnaces see Neh_3:11; for the broad wall, ver. 8; for the old gate, ver. 6; for the fish gate, ver. 3; for the tower of Hananeel, the tower of Meah, and the sheep gate, ver. 1. The gate of Ephraim is not mentioned in ch. 3. It must have been in the north wall, a little to the west of the "old gate." The prison gate, also omitted in ch. 3, was probably in the east wall, a little north of the water gate.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 group of singers
choir
group of singers
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I followed them
Nehemiah followed them.
Tower of Ovens ... Tower of Hananel ... Tower of the Hundred
These are the names of tall structures where people kept watch for danger. (See: How to Translate Names)
Broad Wall
This is a name for part of the wall.
Gate of Ephraim ... Old Gate ... Fish Gate ... Sheep Gate ... Gate of the Guard
These are the names of openings in the wall.
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watchtower
gate
Ephraim
ewe
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:38-39 The second choir . . . went northward,…
12:38-39 The second choir . . . went northward, up the western wall past the Broad Wall (3:8), the Old City Gate (3:6), and the Fish Gate (3:3), then across the northern side of the wall until it came to the Sheep Gate (3:1) on the northeast corner of the Temple. • The Guard Gate might be the Inspection Gate (3:31).
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