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Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah 12:9

The Priests and Levites Who Returned · Nehemiah 12:1–26
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Translations

Modern
Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
Traditional
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
Literal
…and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were opposite them in the services.
Latin
…et Becbecia atque Hanni, et fratres eorum, unusquisque in officio suo.

Original

Hebrew
English
Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.

Notes

Nehemiah 12:8–9

their associates, stood across: To perform antiphonal singing (a call-and-response style) as described in Nehemiah 12:24 and Ezra 3:1–11.

Nehemiah 12:1–9

priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel...with Jeshua: See Ezra 1:1–5. Only those who could prove their priestly lineage could serve at the temple. Therefore, maintaining an accurate genealogical record of these families was important.

Nehemiah 12:1–26

These lists of priests and Levites include those who originally returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:1–9), a chronological list of high priests (12:10–11), and the priests and Levites who served during Joiakim's time, the high priest during Nehemiah and Ezra's era (12:12–26).

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah

People

Bakbukiah: A Levite who served in Jerusalem after the exile Unni: Postexilic Levite who assisted in the temple

Glossary

Amariah Amok Bakbukiah Book of Nehemiah Genealogy Mattaniah Unni Unno

Topics

Bakbukiah: A Levite Nehemiah: Son of Hachaliah: Register of the Priests and Levites Night: Divided Into Watches Unni: A Levite in the Time of Nehemiah