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Nehemiah 12:8
The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator lists the Levitical musicians appointed for temple service during the post-exilic restoration, following the enumeration of priestly leaders in the preceding verse.
The words — לְוִיִּם (ləwîṯîm) = Levites; עַל (al) = over. The text identifies specific men placed over the thanksgiving songs.
The thread — Mattaniah reappears in Nehemiah 11:17 as the one who led thanksgiving and prayer, while Nehemiah 12:24 and 1 Chronicles 9:33 extend the roster of Levitical leaders and note their exemption from other duties to focus on temple service.
Why it lands — The verse requires recognition that worship was organized through designated personnel rather than spontaneous assembly, establishing a structural precedent for sustained temple liturgy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
- Nehemiah 12:24 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
- 1 Chronicles 9:33 Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
- Nehemiah 7:48 the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,
- Nehemiah 9:4 And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 10:9 The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
- Nehemiah 11:22 Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.