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The Priests and Levites Who Returned

Nehemiah 12:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
KJV
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
WEB
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
ASV
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.
LSV
and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, [are] opposite them in charges.
YLT
and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [are] over-against them in charges.
DBY
and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches.
DRC
And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his office.
GNV
And Bakbukiah and Vnni, and their brethren were about them in the watches.
JPS
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in wards.
LXXE
and his brethren were appointed to the daily courses.

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  • Written (Ketiv): וְעֻנּוֹ (“and Unno”). Read aloud (Qere): וְעֻנִּ֧י (“and Unni”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads וְעֻנִּ֧ו; read aloud (Qere) reads וְעֻנִּ֧י (“and Unni”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨ה וענו אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם לְנֶגְדָּ֖ם לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃Read aloud as (qere): וְעֻנִּ֧י
LXX-Br22:9
εἰς τὰς ἐφημερίας.

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  • Psalms 134:1–3Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD! Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
  • Nehemiah 12:24The 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…

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