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Nehemiah 12:46

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Earlier, in the time of David and Asaph, there was a leader of the singers and of the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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Some of the Levites were musicians in the Temple. The leaders of these families stayed in the rooms of the Temple. Since they were on duty day and night, they did not do other work in the Temple.

King Hezekiah and his officers ordered the Levites to praise the Lord, using the words David and Asaph the seer had used. So they praised God with joy and bowed down and worshiped.

There was Mattaniah son of Mica. (Mica was the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph.) Mattaniah was the director who led the people in thanksgiving and prayer. There was Bakbukiah, who was second in charge over his fellow Levites. And there was Abda son of Shammua. (Shammua was the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.)

But we cannot sing songs about the Lord while we are in this foreign country!

God is truly good to Israel, to those who have pure hearts.

God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.




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