30. Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves. They also purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31. Then I led the commanders of Judah up to the top of the wall and appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. The first choir proceeded to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate.
32. Behind them followed Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
33. with Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34. Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
35. and some of the priests with trumpets—Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph,
36. in conjunction with his relatives—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, being accompanied with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe went before them.