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Because the good hand of God (Elohim) was upon me, they sent Sherevja—son (descendant) of Machli, son of Levi, son of Israel—a man of insight (knowledge, understanding), and his sons and brothers [in total]: 18 men.
Then I set apart twelve of the leaders of the priests beside Sherevja, Chashavja, and ten of their brothers with them,
Jeshua [], Bani [], Sherebja [], Jamin, Ackub, Shabbetai, Hodia [], Maaseiah [], Kelita [Neh. 10:10], Azariah [perhaps the same as in Neh. 10:2], Josabad [Neh. 11:16], Hanan [Neh. 10:10], Pelaja [] and the Levites taught the people the Torah [the five books of Moses] while the people stood there, each in his place. [Of these 13 Levites, 7 return and sign Nehemiah's letters, see .]
Jeshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebanja, Bunni, Sherebja, Bani, and Kenani went up to the platform of the Levites [the steps above them] and cried out with a loud voice to the Lord (Yahweh) their God (Elohim).
And the Levites Jeshua and [seven other Levites] Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneja, Sherebja, Hodia [], Shebanja, and Petachja [] said:
"Arise and praise the Lord (Yahweh) your God (Elohim),
from everlasting to everlasting!
Blessed be your glorious name,
which is exalted above all praise and honor.
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
The Levites were:
Jeshua
[also mentioned in ], Binnoh, Kadmiel
[also mentioned in ],
Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with their brothers led the thanksgiving
(praise),
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, and their brothers, who stood opposite them to praise and give thanks, as the man of God David had commanded. [This form, in which a leader first sings a phrase and then the congregation/choir responds, is called antiphonal, see, for example, . The title "man of God" is used only here and in about David, and then always in connection with how the praise is organized.]
