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Nehemiah 12:9

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Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
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  1. Nehemiah 12:24Rank 1 from verse 9
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    24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

  2. Psalms 134:1–3Rank 2 from verse 9
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    1BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

    2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

    3The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

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Nehemiah 12:9

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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watches

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Sense 1: Periods or duties of guarding or wakefulness, including divisions of the night. Sense 2: As a verb, observes or guards.

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8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

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10¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

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