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Jeshua (Levite)
Jeshua was a leader of the Levites who returned from the Babylonian exile. He oversaw the rebuilding of the temple, and in the time of Nehemiah he helped explain the Law to the people and led a prayer of repentance.
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- Bani (Levite)People
Bani was a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. When Ezra read the Law aloud, Bani helped the people understand its meaning, and at the assembly held for fasting he stood on the platform and cried out to God (Nehemiah 8:7; 9:4-5).
- KadmielPeople
Kadmiel is a Levitical family, or the head of that family, among the Levites who returned from the Babylonian exile. The name appears in Ezra and Nehemiah, which record Kadmiel's part in overseeing the rebuilding of the temple, in the prayer of repentance in Nehemiah 9, and in sealing the covenant.
- Joshua 21Bible
Joshua 21 records how the Levites received by lot forty-eight cities, together with their surrounding pasturelands, in which to dwell among the inheritances of the other tribes. The chapter closes by summarizing that God had fulfilled all His promises of land and rest.
- Nehemiah 12Bible
Nehemiah 12 lists the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and gives the genealogy of the high priests. It then records the dedication of the rebuilt wall of Jerusalem and the arrangements for the storehouses that supplied those who served in the temple.
- Joiada (Son of Eliashib)People
Joiada was a high priest in Jerusalem during the Persian period after the return from exile. He was the son and successor of the high priest Eliashib. One of his sons became the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite and was driven out by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:28).
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